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  The lower function converts all cased letters in the given string to lowercase.
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# `lower` Function


`lower` converts all cased letters in the given string to lowercase.

## Examples

```
> lower("HELLO")
hello
> lower("АЛЛО!")
алло!
```

This function uses Unicode's definition of letters and of upper- and lowercase.

## Related Functions

* [`upper`](./upper.html) converts letters in a string to _uppercase_.
* [`title`](./title.html) converts the first letter of each word in a string to uppercase.
