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LOWER

Excel Functions

Convert text to lower case

Syntax

EXCEL
=LOWER(text)

Arguments

Parameter Description
text The text that should be converted to lower case.

Return Value

Text in lower case.

Details

The LOWER function converts a text string to all lowercase letters. The LOWER function takes just one argument, text, which can be a text value or cell reference. LOWER changes any uppercase characters in the text value to lowercase. Numbers, punctuation, and spaces are not affected. LOWER will convert numbers to text with number formatting removed. Numbers or punctuation characters inside a text string are unaffected: If a numeric value is given to LOWER, number formatting is removed. For example, if cell A1 contains the date June 26, 2021, date formatting will be lost and LOWER will return a date serial number as text: If necessary, you can use the TEXT function to work around this limitation. Use TEXT to convert the number to a text value, then pass that value into lower: Use the LOWER

Examples

Examples
EXCEL
=LOWER("Apple") // returns "apple"
=LOWER("APPLE") // returns "apple"
Examples

Numbers or punctuation characters inside a text string are unaffected:

EXCEL
=LOWER("XYY-020-KWP") // returns "xyy-020-kwp"
Examples

If a numeric value is given to LOWER, number formatting is removed. For example, if cell A1 contains the date June 26, 2021, date formatting will be l

EXCEL
=LOWER(A1) // returns "44373"
Examples

If necessary, you can use the TEXT function to work around this limitation. Use TEXT to convert the number to a text value, then pass that value into

EXCEL
=LOWER(TEXT(A1,"mmmm d, yyyy")) // returns "June 26, 2021"

See Also

LOWER UPPER PROPER EXACT