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# String Case To Lower ?

A wildcard for converting a string to lowercase serves as a placeholder that, upon application, changes the entire string to lowercase, irrespective of its original case.

The wildcard is used in the following ways.

* {string.case.to.lower.?}
* For the following input (?) --> THIS WILDCARD FORMATS THE STRING LIKE THIS
* The output is going to be --> this wildcard formats the string like this