---
title: "LOWER(A)"
slug: "lowera"
updated: 2023-09-22T16:44:49Z
published: 2023-09-22T16:44:49Z
canonical: "docs.datajet.app/lowera"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.datajet.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# LOWER(A)

## General: LOWER(A)

#### Forces all characters in a string to be lowercase.

## Purpose

Use this function to:

- transform a string to lowercase characters

## Return Value

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| **FieldType** | String |
| **FieldSize** | Low / Med / High / Continuous |
| **DataType** | Discrete / Continuous |
| **DataSize** | Short / Integer / LongInteger |

```actionscript
Return Value: "all lower case string, even with other characters"
```

## Parameters

| Parameter | JSON | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Table** | “targetTable”: “MyTableName” | The target table on which the new field will be created |
| **Filter** | “dataset”: {DataSet_JSON} | Optional. If a filter is applied, records not in the filter recordset will be returned as null. |
| **Function** | "function":"string" | "string" |
|  | “p1”: “LOWER(A)” | String Function |
|  | “p2”:"fieldname" | Required. *Supports:* - **DataType:** Discrete, Continuous - **Field Type:** String - **Fixed Value:** #Value to Change |

## JSON Sample

```json
{
  "method": "BuildBakedField",
  "project": "BikeData2",
  "targetTable": "worldcities",
  "overwrite": true,
  "name": "LOWER city",
  "function": "string",
  "p1": "LOWER(A)",
  "p2": "city"
}
```

## Usage Notes

See Also:

- Engineering | [Expression](/v1/docs/expression-field) Field
- [UPPER](/v1/docs/uppera)(A)

##