Re: Case mappings

From: Dominikus Dittes Scherkl (lyratelle@gmx.de)
Date: Fri Feb 04 2011 - 13:24:31 CST

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    Am 02.02.2011 12:37, schrieb Jukka K. Korpela:
    > QSJN 4 UKR wrote:
    >
    >> Uppercase(MicroSign)=MegaSign.
    >
    > Not really. The uppercase letter corresponding to MICRO SIGN is GREEK
    > CAPITAL LETTER MU. Even though capital mu is probably identical with
    > Latin capital m in all fonts where they coexist, they are distinct
    > characters with no mapping defined between them in Unicode.
    Yes. So TOUPPER() is much worse for the "milli-" sign (m),
    as the upper case there is really M (Mega-).

    Do never TOUPPER() for unit abbreviations!

    Best regards,

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    Dominikus Dittes Scherkl
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