Use &SYSCAPS to convert character strings to uppercase characters. &SYSCAPS does not modify special characters or DBCS characters included in the string. If a string begins with leading zeros, &SYSCAPS strips them off. Otherwise, &SYSCAPS does not modify numbers in the string. You can use variables containing the character strings in &SYSCAPS built-in functions.

You can use &SYSCAPS with &SYSLC to control the capitalization of text in a CLIST. For an example, see Controlling uppercase and lowercase for READ statement input.