lower what does mean?

[sahar shabani]

hi friends. please help me to understand this code. what does mean lower?
gen cityname2=lower(cityofprop)+", "+ lower(stateofprop)

[Marcos Almeida]

We have "lower" for getting lower case and "upper" for upper case. Please keep in mind Stata is case sensitive.

[Jorrit Gosens]

. gen var2=lower(var1)
. gen var3=upper(var1)
. list
     +-----------------------------------+
     |      var1        var2        var3 |
     |-----------------------------------|
  1. | SomeThINg   something   SOMETHING |
  2. | soMetHIng   something   SOMETHING |
     +-----------------------------------+