Java String to UpperCase
- Java String
toUpperCase()
method has two variants –toUpperCase()
andtoUpperCase(Locale locale)
. - Conversion of the characters to upper case is done by using the rules of default locale. Calling
toUpperCase()
function is same as callingtoUpperCase(Locale.getDefault())
. - Java String to upper case method is locale sensitive, so use it carefully with strings that are intended to be used locale independent. For example programming language identifiers, HTML tags, protocol keys etc. Otherwise you might get unwanted results.
- To get correct upper case results for locale insensitive strings, use
toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT)
method. - String
toUpperCase()
returns a new string, so you will have to assign that to another string. The original string remains unchanged because String is immutable. - If locale is passed as
null
totoUpperCase(Locale locale)
method, then it will throw NullPointerException.
Java String to Uppercase Example
Let’s see a simple example to convert a string to upper case and print it.
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String str = "Hello World!"; System.out.println(str.toUpperCase()); //prints "HELLO WORLD!" |
We can also use Scanner class to get user input and then convert it to uppercase and print it.
Here is a complete example program to convert java string to uppercase and print it.
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package com.journaldev.string; import java.util.Scanner; public class JavaStringToUpperCase { public static void main(String[] args) { String str = "hello World!"; String strUpperCase = str.toUpperCase(); System.out.println("Java String to Upper Case: " + strUpperCase); readUserInputAndPrintInUpperCase(); } private static void readUserInputAndPrintInUpperCase() { Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.println("Please write input String and press Enter:"); String str = sc.nextLine(); System.out.println("Input String in Upper Case = " + str.toUpperCase()); sc.close(); } } |
Below console output shows the sample execution of above program.
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<span style="color: #008000;"><strong><code> Java String to Upper Case: HELLO WORLD! Please write input String and press Enter: Welcome to JournalDev Tutorials Input String in Upper Case = WELCOME TO JOURNALDEV TUTORIALS </code></strong></span> |
That’s all for java string to uppercase conversion example.
Reference: API Doc