Lower case to upper case – An interesting fact
Problem: Given a string containing only lowercase letters, generate a string with the same letters, but in uppercase.
Input : GeeksForGeeks Output : GEEKSFORGEEKS
The first method that comes to our mind is
C++
// C++ program to convert a string to uppercase #include <iostream> using namespace std; // Converts a string to uppercase string to_upper(string &in) { for ( int i = 0; i < in.length(); i++) if ( 'a' <= in[i] <= 'z' ) in[i] = in[i] - 'a' + 'A' ; return in; } // Driver code int main() { string str = "geeksforgeeks" ; cout << to_upper(str); return 0; } |
Java
// Java program to convert a string to uppercase class GFG { // Converts a string to uppercase static String to_upper( char [] in) { for ( int i = 0 ; i < in.length; i++) { if ( 'a' <= in[i] & in[i] <= 'z' ) { in[i] = ( char ) (in[i] - 'a' + 'A' ); } } return String.valueOf(in); } // Driver code public static void main(String[] args) { String str = "geeksforgeeks" ; System.out.println(to_upper(str.toCharArray())); } } // This code is contributed by PrinciRaj1992 |
Python3
# Python3 program to convert a string to uppercase # Converts a string to uppercase def to_upper(string): for i in range ( len (string)): if ( 'a' < = string[i] < = 'z' ): string = (string[ 0 :i] + chr ( ord (string[i]) - ord ( 'a' ) + ord ( 'A' )) + string[i + 1 :]) return string; # Driver code if __name__ = = '__main__' : str = "geeksforgeeks" ; print (to_upper( str )); # This code is contributed by Rajput-Ji |
C#
// C# program to convert a string to uppercase using System; class GFG { // Converts a string to uppercase static String to_upper( char []In) { for ( int i = 0; i < In.Length; i++) { if ( 'a' <= In[i] & In[i] <= 'z' ) { In[i] = ( char ) (In[i] - 'a' + 'A' ); } } return String.Join( "" , In); } // Driver code public static void Main() { String str = "geeksforgeeks" ; Console.WriteLine(to_upper(str.ToCharArray())); } } // This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar |
Output :
GEEKSFORGEEKS
A more interesting solution, on the other hand, would be:
C++
// C++ program to convert a string to uppercase #include <iostream> using namespace std; // Converts a string to uppercase string to_upper(string &in) { for ( int i = 0; i < in.length(); i++) if ( 'a' <= in[i] <= 'z' ) in[i] &= ~(1 << 5); return in; } // Driver code int main() { string str = "geeksforgeeks" ; cout << to_upper(str); return 0; } |
Java
// Java program to convert a string to uppercase class GFG { // Converts a string to uppercase static String to_upper( char [] in) { for ( int i = 0 ; i < in.length; i++) if ( 'a' <= in[i] && in[i] <= 'z' ) in[i] &= ~( 1 << 5 ); return String.valueOf(in); } // Driver code public static void main(String[] args) { String str = "geeksforgeeks" ; System.out.println(to_upper(str.toCharArray())); } } // This code is contributed by Rajput-Ji |
C#
// C# program to convert a string to uppercase using System; class GFG { // Converts a string to uppercase static String to_upper( char [] str) { for ( int i = 0; i < str.Length; i++) if ( 'a' <= str[i] && str[i] <= 'z' ) str[i] = ( char )(( int )str[i]&(~(1 << 5))); return String.Join( "" , str); } // Driver code public static void Main(String[] args) { String str = "geeksforgeeks" ; Console.WriteLine(to_upper(str.ToCharArray())); } } // This code is contributed by PrinciRaj1992 |
Output :
GEEKSFORGEEKS
Explanation: The ASCII table is constructed in such way that the binary representation of lowercase letters is almost identical of binary representation of uppercase letters. The only difference is the sixth bit, setted only for lowercase letters. What that elegant function does is unset the bit of index 5 of in[i], consequently, making that character lowercase.
Disadvantages: That strategy works only for alphabetical characters. If the input contains numbers or punctuations, we’ll have to use the naive way.
Example: Character ‘A’ is integer 65 = (0100 0001)2, while character ‘a’ is integer = 97 = (0110 0001)2. (Note that 97 – 65 = 32. Can you guess why?)
Exercises:
- Write a function to make all letters of a string lowercase. Example: GeeksForGeeks turns geeksforgeeks.
- Write a function that change the case of a string. Example: GeeksForGeeks turns gEEKSfORgEEKS.
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