lowercase

This function converts a number (1 through 26) to the corresponding lowercase character from the alphabet; 1 is a and 26 is z.

lowercase ( number )

The result of this function is of type TEXT.

The function has one parameter:

1. number, type NUMBER. The number to be converted; 1 yields a and 26 yields z.

Example

@( lowercase( 1 ) ) 

Result: a

@( lowercase( 4 ) ) 

Result: d

Note that the construction @ ( ) around the function means that the result of the function is displayed in the text. This construction must be used in a text part of a model document. The switch from ITP mode to text mode in a model document is made with the # characters. An ITP model document starts in text model, the #BEGIN makes the switch to ITP mode.

Values <=0 return the last character in the alphabet. Positive values are returned modulo the number of characters in the alphabet. For example, ordinal(1) == ordinal(27) == 'a'.