# UCase()

Converts the alphabetic characters in a string to uppercase.

```
UCase( 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 upper case
  writeOutput(UCase(foo));
```







# Categories

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

# See Also

[LCase()](lcase.md), [LSUCase()](lsucase.md), [string.uCase()](../objects/string/ucase.md)