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There are a number of AIML tags which allow you to control the formatting of the text within the template before it is displayed.

• lowercase - Converts all text within the tags to lowercase
• uppercase - Converts all text within the tags to uppercase
• sentence - Converts all text to lower case, apart from the first letter of the first word which is converted to upper case
• formal - Converts all text to lowercase apart from the first letter of each word which is converted to upper case

Lowercase

Converts all text within the tags to lowercase

<category>
    <pattern>CONVERT * TO LOWERCASE</pattern>
    <template>
        <lowercase><star /></lowercase>
    </template>
</category>

Running this through the Bot shows the lowercase in action

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>>> CONVERT AIML RULES TO LOWERCASE
aiml rules

Uppercase

Converts all text between the start and end tags to uppercase

<category>
    <pattern>CHANGE * TO ALL UPPERCASE LETTERS</pattern>
    <template>
       <star/> in upper case is <uppercase><star /></uppercase>
    </template>
</category>

Executing this shows how text is converted to uppercase

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>>> CHANGE program-y TO ALL UPPERCASE LETTERS
programy in upper case is PROGRAM-Y

Sentence

Converts all text between the start and end tags to lowercase, apart from the first letter of the first word which is converted to uppercase.

<category>
    <pattern>MAKE A SENTENCE OUT OF *</pattern>
    <template>
        <sentence><star/></sentence>
    </template>
</category>

If we add this grammar and start the bot we can see a sentence format created by the tag

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>>> MAKE A SENTENCE OUT OF i LiKE Programming
I like programming

Formal

Converts all text to lower case, apart from the first letter of each word which is converted to upper case.

<category>
    <pattern>MY NAME IS * * </pattern>
    <template>
        Hello Mr <formal><star /></formal> <formal><star index="2"/></formal>
    </template>
</category>

Lets add this grammar and start the bot to see the tag in action

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>>> MY NAME IS KEITH STERLING
 Hello Mr Keith Sterling

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