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JavaScript String toLocaleUpperCase() Method

The String.prototype.toLocaleUpperCase() method in JavaScript is a Standard built-in object which returns the calling string value converted to the uppercase letter on the basis of the host’s current locale. This method mostly returns a similar result as the string toUppercase() method

Syntax:

str.toLocaleUpperCase()
str.toLocaleUpperCase(locale)

Parameters:

  • locale: It is an optional parameter and this locale parameter indicates the locale to be used to convert to upper case according to any locale-specific case mappings.

Returns Value:

This method returns a string of uppercase letters. 

Exceptions:

This method gives two kinds of errors, which are as follows:

  • RangeError: If the locale argument isn’t a valid language tag.
  • TypeError: If an array element isn’t of type string.

The below examples illustrate the String.prototype.toLocaleUpperCase() method in JavaScript: 

Example 1: In this example, we will convert some lowercase strings into uppercase letters using the String.prototype.toLocaleUpperCase() method in JavaScript.

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// Input string
let gfg = 'GeeKsForGeekS';
 
// Display output with upper case
console.log('EN-US: ' + gfg.toLocaleUpperCase('en-US'));
console.log('TR: ' + gfg.toLocaleUpperCase('tr'));
 
// New input string
let gfg1 = new String("String.prototype.toLocaleUpperCase()");
 
// Display output with upper case
console.log('Result: ' + gfg1.toLocaleUpperCase());


Output

EN-US: GEEKSFORGEEKS
TR: GEEKSFORGEEKS
Result: STRING.PROTOTYPE.TOLOCALEUPPERCASE()

Example 2: In this example, we will convert some lowercase strings into uppercase letters using the String.prototype.toLocaleUpperCase() method in JavaScript.

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console.log('ALPHABET'.toLocaleUpperCase());
 
console.log('i\u0307'.toLocaleUpperCase('tr') === 'I');
console.log('i\u0307'.toLocaleUpperCase('lt-LT') === 'I');
 
let neveropen = ['lt', 'LT', 'lt-LT', 'lt-u-co-phonebk', 'lt-x-lietuva'];
console.log('i\u0307'.toLocaleUpperCase(neveropen) === 'I');


Output

ALPHABET
false
true
true

We have a complete list of Javascript String methods, to check those please go through this JavaScript String Complete Reference article.

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by the String.prototype.toLocaleUpperCase() method are listed below:

  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • IE
  • Opera
  • Safari
  • Edge
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