Convert characters of a string to opposite case

Difficulty Level : Easy
Last Updated : 03 Jun, 2021

Given a string, convert the characters of the string into opposite case,i.e. if a character is lower case then convert it into upper case and vice-versa.

Examples:

Input : geeksForgEeks
Output : GEEKSfORGeEKS

Input : hello every one
Output : HELLO EVERY ONE

ASCII values of alphabets: A – Z = 65 to 90, a – z = 97 to 122
Steps:

Take one string of any length and calculate its length.
Scan string character by character and keep checking the index.
- If a character in an index is in lower case, then subtract 32 to convert it in upper case, else add 32 to convert it in lower case
Print the final string.

C++

// CPP program to Convert characters
// of a string to opposite case
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to convert characters
// of a string to opposite case
void convertOpposite(string& str)
{
    int ln = str.length();
 
    // Conversion according to ASCII values
    for (int i = 0; i < ln; i++) {
        if (str[i] >= 'a' && str[i] <= 'z')
            // Convert lowercase to uppercase
            str[i] = str[i] - 32;
        else if (str[i] >= 'A' && str[i] <= 'Z')
            // Convert uppercase to lowercase
            str[i] = str[i] + 32;
    }
}
 
// Driver function
int main()
{
    string str = "GeEkSfOrGeEkS";
 
    // Calling the Function
    convertOpposite(str);
 
    cout << str;
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java program to Convert characters
// of a string to opposite case
class Test {
 
    // Method to convert characters
    // of a string to opposite case
    static void convertOpposite(StringBuffer str)
    {
        int ln = str.length();
 
        // Conversion using predefined methods
        for (int i = 0; i < ln; i++) {
            Character c = str.charAt(i);
            if (Character.isLowerCase(c))
                str.replace(i, i + 1,
                            Character.toUpperCase(c) + "");
            else
                str.replace(i, i + 1,
                            Character.toLowerCase(c) + "");
        }
    }
 
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        StringBuffer str
            = new StringBuffer("GeEkSfOrGeEkS");
        // Calling the Method
        convertOpposite(str);
 
        System.out.println(str);
    }
}
// This code is contributed by Gaurav Miglani

Python3

# Python3 program to Convert characters
# of a string to opposite case
 
# Function to convert characters
# of a string to opposite case
def convertOpposite(str):
    ln = len(str)
 
    # Conversion according to ASCII values
    for i in range(ln):
        if str[i] >= 'a' and str[i] <= 'z':
 
            # Convert lowercase to uppercase
            str[i] = chr(ord(str[i]) - 32)
 
        elif str[i] >= 'A' and str[i] <= 'Z':
 
            # Convert lowercase to uppercase
            str[i] = chr(ord(str[i]) + 32)
 
# Driver code
if __name__ == "__main__":
    str = "GeEkSfOrGeEkS"
    str = list(str)
 
    # Calling the Function
    convertOpposite(str)
 
    str = ''.join(str)
    print(str)
 
# This code is contributed by
# sanjeev2552

C#

// C# program to Convert characters
// of a string to opposite case
using System;
using System.Text;
 
class GFG{
     
    // Method to convert characters
    // of a string to opposite case
    static void convertOpposite(StringBuilder str)
    {
        int ln = str.Length;
             
        // Conversion according to ASCII values
        for (int i=0; i<ln; i++)
        {
            if (str[i]>='a' && str[i]<='z')
             
                //Convert lowercase to uppercase
                str[i] = (char)(str[i] - 32);
                 
            else if(str[i]>='A' && str[i]<='Z')
             
                //Convert uppercase to lowercase
                str[i] = (char)(str[i] + 32);
        }
    }
     
    // Driver code
    public static void Main()
    {
        StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder("GeEkSfOrGeEkS");
        // Calling the Method
        convertOpposite(str);
        Console.WriteLine(str);
        }
}
// This code is contributed by PrinciRaj1992

Javascript

<script>
 
// Function to convert characters
// of a string to opposite case
function convertOpposite(str)
{
    var ln = str.length;
 
    // Conversion according to ASCII values
    for (var i = 0; i < ln; i++)
    {
        if (str[i] >= 'a' && str[i] <= 'z')
            // Convert lowercase to uppercase
            document.write(
            String.fromCharCode(str.charCodeAt(i) - 32)
            );
        else if (str[i] >= 'A' && str[i] <= 'Z')
            // Convert uppercase to lowercase
            document.write(
            String.fromCharCode(str.charCodeAt(i) + 32)
            );
    }
}
 
// Driver function
var str = "GeEkSfOrGeEkS";
 
    // Calling the Function
    convertOpposite(str);
 
</script>

Output

gEeKsFoRgEeKs

Time Complexity: O(n)
Note: This program can alternatively be done using C++ inbuilt functions – Character.toLowerCase(char) and Character.toUpperCase(char).

Approach 2: The problem can be solved using letter case toggling. Follow the below steps to solve the problem:

Traverse the given string S.
For each character S_i, do S_i = S_i^ (1 << 5).
S_i^ (1 << 5) toggles the 5^thbit which means 97 will become 65 and 65 will become 97:
- 65 ^ 32 = 97
- 97 ^ 32 = 65
Print the string after all operations

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++

// C++ program to toggle all characters
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
  
// Function to toggle characters
void toggleChars(string &S)
{
    for(auto &it : S){
       if(isalpha(it)){
         it ^= (1 << 5);
       }
    }
}
  
// Driver code
int main()
{
    string S = "GeKf@rGeek$";
    toggleChars(S);
    cout << "String after toggle " << endl;
    cout << S << endl;
    return 0;
}
 
//Code contributed by koulick_sadhu

Java

// Java program to toggle all characters
import java.util.*;
 
class GFG{
     
static char []S = "GeKf@rGeek$".toCharArray();
 
// Function to toggle characters
static void toggleChars()
{
    for(int i = 0; i < S.length; i++)
    {
        if (Character.isAlphabetic(S[i]))
        {
            S[i] ^= (1 << 5);
        }
    }
}
  
// Driver code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
    toggleChars();
    System.out.print("String after toggle " + "\n");
    System.out.print(String.valueOf(S));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by Amit Katiyar

C#

// C# program to toggle all characters
using System;
 
class GFG{
     
static char []S = "GeKf@rGeek$".ToCharArray();
 
// Function to toggle characters
static void toggleChars()
{
    for(int i = 0; i < S.Length; i++)
    {
        if (char.IsLetter(S[i]))
        {
            S[i] = (char)((int)(S[i]) ^ (1 << 5));
        }
    }
}
  
// Driver code
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
    toggleChars();
    Console.Write("String after toggle " + "\n");
    Console.Write(String.Join("", S));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by Princi Singh

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