$lowercase

Purpose

Check if the token underlying the node is all lowercase.

Syntax

returnedBoolean = variableType("$lowercase")

returnedBoolean - type: int
variableType - type: N

Returns

Returns 1 if the token is all lowercase and 0 if not. If multiple words (even if all words are lowercase) returns 0.

Remarks

WARNING: $lowercase is not identical to the @PRE action lowercase( ). $lowercase will traverse down to the leafiest node it can find, in order to perform its check. The @PRE action only chains down if the [s] flag is present in the associated phrase element(s). Also, $lowercase is not stopped by a [base] attribute in a node.

Example

See Also

$allcaps, $cap, $mixcap, $uppercase, Special Variables