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| page_title: upper - Functions - Configuration Language |
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| The upper function converts all cased letters in the given string to |
| uppercase. |
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| # `upper` Function |
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| `upper` converts all cased letters in the given string to uppercase. |
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| ## Examples |
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| ``` |
| > upper("hello") |
| HELLO |
| > upper("алло!") |
| АЛЛО! |
| ``` |
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| This function uses Unicode's definition of letters and of upper- and lowercase. |
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| ## Related Functions |
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| * [`lower`](/terraform/language/functions/lower) converts letters in a string to _lowercase_. |
| * [`title`](/terraform/language/functions/title) converts the first letter of each word in a string to uppercase. |