EXCEL FUNCTIONS-LOWER

INTRODUCTION

LOWER function comes under the TEXT category in Excel.

LOWER FUNCTION converts upper case to lower case of the given text. It can be used in any situation or forms where we need the text to be in the lower case only.

PURPOSE OF LOWER FUNCTION IN EXCEL

LOWER FUNCTION converts upper case of the text to lower case.

PREREQUISITES TO LEARN LOWER

THERE ARE A FEW PREREQUISITES WHICH WILL ENABLE YOU TO UNDERSTAND THIS FUNCTION IN A BETTER WAY.

  •  Basic understanding of how to use a formula or function.
  •  Basic understanding of rows and columns in Excel.
  • Some information about the financial terms is an advantage for the use of such formulas.
  •  Of course, Excel software.

Helpful links for the prerequisites mentioned above

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SYNTAX: LOWER FUNCTION

The Syntax for the function is

=LOWER(TEXT STRING)

TEXT STRING   GIVEN TEXT

EXAMPLE:LOWER FUNCTION IN EXCEL

DATA SAMPLE

The string is “ONCE UPON A TIME there was  A KING”. We will try to convert it to lower case with the help of LOWER FUNCTION.

EXCEL:LOWER FUNCTION EXAMPLE

STEPS TO USE LOWER FUNCTION

The text having mixed cases (upper and lower) is present in cell G9.

To convert it to lower case we have put a formula

=LOWER(G9) in H9 and the result is as expected.

The output has all lower letters.

once upon a time there was a king.