Convert all Array Elements to Uppercase or Lowercase in JS

# Convert all Array Elements to Uppercase or Lowercase in JS

To convert all array elements to uppercase or lowercase:

1. Use the Array.map() method to iterate over the array.
2. Use the toUpperCase() method to convert each element to uppercase.
3. Alternatively, Use the toLowerCase() method to convert each element to lowercase.
4. The map() method will return a new array containing only uppercase or lowercase strings.

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// ✅ convert all array elements to uppercase
const arr = ['apple', 'banana', 'cereal'];

const upper = arr.map(element => {
  return element.toUpperCase();
});

// 👇️ ['APPLE', 'BANANA', 'CEREAL']
console.log(upper);

If you need to convert the array's elements to lowercase, use the String.toLowerCase() method instead.

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// ✅ convert all array elements to lowercase
const arr = ['BOBBY', 'HADZ', 'COM'];

const lower = arr.map(element => {
  return element.toLowerCase();
});

console.log(lower); // 👉️ [ 'bobby', 'hadz', 'com' ]

The function we passed to the Array.map() method gets called with each element in the array.

The map() method returns a new array containing the values returned from the callback function.

We used the String.toUpperCase() method to convert each string in the array to uppercase.

Alternatively, you can use the Array.forEach() method.

# Convert all Array Elements to Uppercase or Lowercase using Array.forEach()

This is a three-step process:

1. Declare a new variable and set it to an empty array.
2. Use the forEach() method to iterate over the original array.
3. Convert each string to uppercase or lowercase and push the strings into the new array.

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// ✅ convert all array elements to Uppercase
const arr = ['apple', 'banana', 'cereal'];

const upper = [];

arr.forEach(element => {
  upper.push(element.toUpperCase());
});

// 👇️ ['APPLE', 'BANANA', 'CEREAL']
console.log(upper);

If you need to convert the elements of the array to lowercase, use the toLowerCase() method instead.

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// ✅ convert all array elements to Lowercase
const arr = ['BOBBY', 'HADZ', 'COM'];

const lower = [];

arr.forEach(element => {
  lower.push(element.toLowerCase());
});

console.log(lower); // 👉️ [ 'bobby', 'hadz', 'com' ]

The function we passed to the Array.forEach() method gets called with each element in the array.

We used the toUpperCase() method to convert each string to uppercase and pushed the result into a new array.

This approach is a bit more manual and verbose. It's very similar to using a for loop.

The forEach() method returns undefined, so we have to perform some kind of mutation to persist the state.

You can also use a simple for...of loop to convert all elements in an array to uppercase.

# Convert all Array Elements to Uppercase or Lowercase using a for...of loop

This is a three-step process:

1. Declare a new variable and set it to an empty array.
2. Use a for...of loop to iterate over the original array.
3. Convert each string to uppercase or lowercase and push the strings into the new array.

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// ✅ convert all array elements to Uppercase
const arr = ['apple', 'banana', 'cereal'];

const upper = [];

for (const element of arr) {
  upper.push(element.toUpperCase());
}

console.log(upper); // 👉️ [ 'APPLE', 'BANANA', 'CEREAL' ]

If you need to convert the elements of the array to lowercase, use the toLowerCase() method.

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// ✅ convert all array elements to Lowercase
const arr = ['BOBBY', 'HADZ', 'COM'];

const lower = [];

for (const element of arr) {
  lower.push(element.toLowerCase());
}

console.log(lower); // 👉️ [ 'bobby', 'hadz', 'com' ]

The for...of statement is used to loop over iterable objects like arrays, strings, Map, Set and NodeList objects and generators.

On each iteration, we convert the current array element to uppercase and push the result into a new array.

The same result can be achieved by using a basic for loop.

# Convert all Array Elements to uppercase using a for loop

This is a three-step process:

1. Declare a new variable and set it to an empty array.
2. Use a for loop to iterate over the original array.
3. Convert each string to uppercase and push the strings into the new array.

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// ✅ convert all array elements to Uppercase
const arr = ['apple', 'banana', 'cereal'];

const upper = [];

for (let index = 0; index < arr.length; index++) {
  upper.push(arr[index].toUpperCase());
}

console.log(upper); // 👉️ [ 'APPLE', 'BANANA', 'CEREAL' ]

The same approach can be used to convert the elements in the array to lowercase.

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// ✅ convert all array elements to Lowercase
const arr = ['BOBBY', 'HADZ', 'COM'];

const lower = [];

for (let index = 0; index < arr.length; index++) {
  lower.push(arr[index].toLowerCase());
}

console.log(lower); // 👉️ [ 'bobby', 'hadz', 'com' ]

We used a basic for loop to iterate over the array, converted each string to uppercase and pushed the results into a new array.

Which approach you pick is a matter of personal preference. I prefer the Array.map() method because it is more direct.

If you have to do this often, define a reusable function.

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function upperArray(array) {
  return array.map(element => {
    return element.toUpperCase();
  });
}

const arr = ['apple', 'banana', 'cereal'];

const upper = upperArray(arr);
console.log(upper); // 👉️ [ 'APPLE', 'BANANA', 'CEREAL' ]

The function takes an array as a parameter and returns a new array with all elements of the original array uppercased.

You can use the toLowerCase() method to define a function that converts the elements of the array to lowercase.

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function lowerArray(array) {
  return array.map(element => {
    return element.toLowerCase();
  });
}

const arr = ['BOBBY', 'HADZ', 'COM'];

const lower = lowerArray(arr);
console.log(lower); // 👉️ [ 'bobby', 'hadz', 'com' ]

The function takes an array as a parameter and returns a new array with all elements of the original array lowercased.