Java - String toUpperCase() Method

The Java string toUpperCase() method returns the string with all characters of the specified string in uppercase, using the rules of the specified locale.

Syntax

public String toUpperCase(Locale locale)

Parameters

locale specify locale to use the case transformation rules.

Return Value

Returns the uppercased version of the specified string.

Example:

In the example below, toUpperCase() method is used to convert all characters of the given string in the uppercase, using French locale.

import java.lang.*;
import java.util.Locale;

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    String MyString = "HeLLo John!";
    Locale locale = new Locale("fr", "FR");

    String NewString = MyString.toUpperCase(locale);

    System.out.println(NewString);
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

HELLO JOHN!

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