Re: Manipulate list elements
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- Subject: [mg67745] Re: Manipulate list elements
- From: Helen Read <hpr at together.net>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 06:53:03 -0400 (EDT)
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ute.paul at gmail.com wrote:
> I have a list of words. These words are written in capital letters. I
> need a list with these words in lower case letters. How can I
> manipulate the list elements that the capital letters become lower case
> letters?
> Example: list={{ABILITY, CAPABILITY},{PERSON, FLY}} =>list={{ability,
> capability},{person, fly}}
First off, the words in your list should be input as strings (note the
quotation marks).
list = {{"ABILITY", "CAPABILITY"}, {"PERSON", "FLY"}}
ToLowerCase[list]
You might want to look up String in the Help Browser.
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Helen Read
University of Vermont