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You could prototype the C functions toupper() and tolower() in service program QC2UTIL2. It's not as easy as a native BIF, but at least there are alternatives.

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From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Vernon Hamberg
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2020 4:28 PM
To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: RFE for BIFs to convert upper/lower case

I considered posting the SQL solution, too, but I thought we still could use native BIFs! :-)O:-)8-)

On 8/28/2020 2:47 PM, Brad Stone wrote:
You just posted the code for the bif most likely. ;)

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 2:38 PM <smith5646midrange@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have been using SQL because there is not a BIF and it's sure easier
than %XLATE.

exec sql
set :value2 = upper(:value1);



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