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Case/Casing

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Case/Casing - To designate which characters in an alpha string will be uppercase and which will be lowercase. Common casing methods include: uppercase all characters; lowercase all characters; uppercase first character of the string; uppercase the first character of each "word" (space-separated substrings) contained (aka called "Proper" case); lowercase the entire string, then uppercase the first character; or lowercase the entire string, then uppercase the first character of each "word."

Source: Northwest Database Services, 06 November 2009 08:56:40, http://www.nwdatabase.com/database-glossary-c.htm External

 

 

 

 

 


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