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##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} upper (@var{s})
## Transform all letters in the character string (or cell array of
## character strings) @var{s} to upper case.
## @seealso{lower, tolower, toupper}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function retval = upper (s)

  if (nargin != 1)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (ischar (s))
    retval = toupper (s);
  elseif (iscellstr (s))
    retval = cellfun (@toupper, s, "UniformOutput", false);
  else
    error ("upper: `s' must be a string or cell array of strings");
  endif

endfunction