Convert a string to uppercase

REM CONVERT STRING TO UPPERCASE

set LC=hello sailer

echo %LC%

FOR /F "tokens=2 delims=-" %%A IN ('FIND "" "%LC%" 2^>^&1') DO SET UpCaseText=%%A

set LC=%UpCaseText:~1,999%

SET UpCaseText=

echo New string is now: %LC%

This uses the fact that the FIND command always reports the search string back in uppercase!

notes: make sure you use ^ and ' if cutting and pasting to notepad!

 Suggested improvement by Scott to allow for strings with hyphens..

REM CONVERT STRING TO UPPERCASE

set LC=hello sailer-complete sentence with-hyphens

echo %LC%

FOR /F "tokens=1* delims=-" %%A IN ('FIND "" "%LC%" 2^>^&1') DO SET UpCaseText=%%B

set LC=%UpCaseText:~1,999%

SET UpCaseText=

echo New string is now: %LC%