# Allowing lower-case in INPUT

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/allowing-lower-case-in-input/184154>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Mainframes\
**Created:** [October 1, 2015, 6:33am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/allowing-lower-case-in-input/184154 "2015-10-01T06:33:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Patrick\_Paulitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patrick\_Paulitz](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Patrick_Paulitz)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 6:33am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/allowing-lower-case-in-input/184154/1 "2015-10-01T06:33:04Z")

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I’m at home and don’t have access to code snippets.

I want to INPUT a JCL jobcard in batch and have it go into a Natural variable, with no converting to UPPER-CASE. It’s English text a user wants put into a comment field.

I tried LC=ON at the top of the program and and AD=W on the INPUT statement, but no luck.

This page says that’s all I need to do, but no luck:

> **[Case Translation Question](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/techjforum/posts/list/52324.page)**
>
> I apologize if this has been discussed before (I DID do various searches in several NATURAL Forums, but came up empty). The issue: My NATURAL program is calling a Web Service from mainframe NATURAL on z/OS. I am running an XML/SOAP RPC server on...

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 8:45am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/allowing-lower-case-in-input/184154/2 "2015-10-01T08:45:09Z")

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Try

```auto
SET CONTROL 'L'
```

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**Author:** ![Ralph\_Zbrog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/ralph_zbrog/32/78_2.png) [@Ralph\_Zbrog](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ralph_Zbrog)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/allowing-lower-case-in-input/184154/3 "2015-10-01T22:08:51Z")

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The uppercase translation could be happening in several places. Ensure that your TSO session allows lowercase in your CMSYNIN/SYSIN DD stream. Ensure that your Natural session allows it by setting it on the EXEC statement (PARM=‘UC=OFF’) or once you’re in Natural with the terminal command %L in CMSYNIN (sort of equivalent to Wolfgang’s SET CONTROL suggestion).

Check your INPUT statement for AD=T and change it to AD=W (the default).

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**Author:** ![Patrick\_Paulitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patrick\_Paulitz](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Patrick_Paulitz)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/allowing-lower-case-in-input/184154/4 "2015-10-01T23:40:46Z")

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SET CONTROL ‘L’ worked.

Thanks Wolfgang!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/allowing-lower-case-in-input/184154/5 "2021-04-02T15:34:19Z")

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