Returns a string containing the characters in +self+, with cases reversed: - Each uppercase character is downcased. - Each lowercase character is upcased. Examples: 'Hello'.swapcase # => "hELLO" 'Straße'.swapcase # => "sTRASSE" 'RubyGems.org'.swapcase # => "rUBYgEMS.ORG" The sizes of +self+ and the upcased result may differ: s = 'Straße' s.size # => 6 s.swapcase # => "sTRASSE" s.swapcase.size # => 7 Some characters (and some character sets) do not have upcase and downcase versions; see {Case Mapping}[rdoc-ref:case_mapping.rdoc]: s = '1, 2, 3, ...' s.swapcase == s # => true s = 'こんにちは' s.swapcase == s # => true The casing is affected by the given +mapping+, which may be +:ascii+, +:fold+, or +:turkic+; see {Case Mappings}[rdoc-ref:case_mapping.rdoc@Case+Mappings]. Related: see {Converting to New String}[rdoc-ref:String@Converting+to+New+String].