The toLowerCase()
string method in Apps Script is used to convert all the characters in a string to lowercase letters. This method returns a new string with all the characters converted to lowercase.
For example, suppose we have a string variable name
that contains the name “JOHN”. We can convert it to lowercase using the toLowerCase()
method as follows:
var name = "JOHN";
var lowerCaseName = name.toLowerCase();
Logger.log(lowerCaseName);
This will output “john” in the logs.
Another example of using toLowerCase()
method is to check if a given input string contains a specific keyword regardless of its case. We can convert both the input string and the keyword to lowercase before comparing them to ensure that the search is case-insensitive:
var inputString = "This is a sample sentence";
var keyword = "sample";
if (inputString.toLowerCase().includes(keyword.toLowerCase())) {
Logger.log("Keyword found!");
} else {
Logger.log("Keyword not found.");
}
This code will output “Keyword found!” in the logs since the keyword “sample” is present in the input string, regardless of the case of the characters.