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# numpy.strings.upper

strings.upper(a)

  Return an array with the elements converted to uppercase.

  Calls `str.upper` element-wise.

  For 8-bit strings, this method is locale-dependent.

  Parameters:
    a array-like, with `StringDType`, `bytes_`, or `str_` dtype

      Input array.

  Returns:
    out ndarray

      Output array of `StringDType`, `bytes_` or `str_` dtype, depending on input types

  See also

  `str.upper`

  Examples

      >>> import numpy as np
      >>> c = np.array(['a1b c', '1bca', 'bca1']); c
      array(['a1b c', '1bca', 'bca1'], dtype='<U5')
      >>> np.strings.upper(c)
      array(['A1B C', '1BCA', 'BCA1'], dtype='<U5')