String.prototype.toLocaleLowerCase()

The toLocaleLowerCase() method returns the calling string value converted to lower case, according to any locale-specific case mappings.

Syntax

str.toLocaleLowerCase()
str.toLocaleLowerCase(locale) 
str.toLocaleLowerCase([locale, locale, ...])

Parameters

locale Optional
The locale parameter indicates the locale to be used to convert to lower case according to any locale-specific case mappings. If multiple locales are given in an Array, the best available locale is used. The default locale is the host environment’s current locale.

Return value

A new string representing the calling string converted to lower case, according to any locale-specific case mappings.

Exceptions

  • A RangeError ("invalid language tag: xx_yy") is thrown if a locale argument isn't a valid language tag.
  • A TypeError ("invalid element in locales argument") is thrown if an array element isn't of type string.

Description

The toLocaleLowerCase() method returns the value of the string converted to lower case according to any locale-specific case mappings. toLocaleLowerCase() does not affect the value of the string itself. In most cases, this will produce the same result as toLowerCase(), but for some locales, such as Turkish, whose case mappings do not follow the default case mappings in Unicode, there may be a different result.

Examples

Using toLocaleLowerCase()

'ALPHABET'.toLocaleLowerCase(); // 'alphabet'

'\u0130'.toLocaleLowerCase('tr') === 'i';    // true
'\u0130'.toLocaleLowerCase('en-US') === 'i'; // false

let locales = ['tr', 'TR', 'tr-TR', 'tr-u-co-search', 'tr-x-turkish'];
'\u0130'.toLocaleLowerCase(locales) === 'i'; // true

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
ECMAScript 3rd Edition (ECMA-262) Standard Initial definition. Implemented in JavaScript 1.2.
ECMAScript 5.1 (ECMA-262)
The definition of 'String.prototype.toLocaleLowerCase' in that specification.		 Standard  
ECMAScript 2015 (6th Edition, ECMA-262)
The definition of 'String.prototype.toLocaleLowerCase' in that specification.		 Standard  
ECMAScript Latest Draft (ECMA-262)
The definition of 'String.prototype.toLocaleLowerCase' in that specification.		 Draft  
ECMAScript Internationalization API 4.0 (ECMA-402)
The definition of 'String.prototype.toLocaleLowerCase' in that specification.		 Draft ES Intl 2017 added the locale parameter.

Browser compatibility

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toLocaleLowerCaseChrome Full support 1Edge Full support 12Firefox Full support 1IE Full support 5.5Opera Full support YesSafari Full support YesWebView Android Full support 1Chrome Android Full support 18Firefox Android Full support 4Opera Android Full support YesSafari iOS Full support YesSamsung Internet Android Full support 1.0nodejs Full support Yes
localeChrome Full support 58Edge Full support 12Firefox Full support 55IE Full support 6Opera Full support 45Safari ? WebView Android Full support 58Chrome Android Full support 58Firefox Android Full support 55Opera Android Full support 43Safari iOS ? Samsung Internet Android Full support 7.0nodejs ?

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See also

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