# LCase()

Converts the alphabetic characters in a string to lowercase.

```
LCase( string=string );
```

**Returns:** string

# Arguments

| Argument | Type | Required | Description | Default |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|---------|
| string | string | Yes | A string or a variable that contains one |  |

# Examples

```cfml
  // create variable with a string of text
  foo = "Hello World!";
  // output variable in lower case
  writeOutput(LCase(foo));
```







# Categories

[Strings](../../categories/string.md)

# See Also

[LSLCase()](lslcase.md), [UCase()](ucase.md), [string.lCase()](../objects/string/lcase.md)