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How to write the chapter titles in Upper Case in the table of contents ?

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  • Some more information is needed. What document class are you using? – egreg Apr 21 '13 at 22:50
  • book document class – Muhammad Apr 21 '13 at 22:50
  • Using uppercase only seems a bad decision. Do you mean a combination of uppercase and small caps? (Small caps substituted for lowercase.) – user10274 Apr 22 '13 at 7:17
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The only change is \MakeUppercase.

\documentclass{book}

\begin{document}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\chapter{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
                    \thispagestyle{plain}%
                    \global\@topnum\z@
                    \@afterindentfalse
                    \secdef\@chapter\@schapter}
\def\@chapter[#1]#2{\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
                       \if@mainmatter
                         \refstepcounter{chapter}%
                         \typeout{\@chapapp\space\thechapter.}%
                         \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}%
                                   {\protect\numberline{\thechapter}\MakeUppercase{#1}}%
                       \else
                         \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\MakeUppercase{#1}}%
                       \fi
                    \else
                      \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\MakeUppercase{#1}}%
                    \fi
                    \chaptermark{#1}%
                    \addtocontents{lof}{\protect\addvspace{10\p@}}%
                    \addtocontents{lot}{\protect\addvspace{10\p@}}%
                    \if@twocolumn
                      \@topnewpage[\@makechapterhead{#2}]%
                    \else
                      \@makechapterhead{#2}%
                      \@afterheading
                    \fi}

\makeatother

\tableofcontents

\chapter{First}

Blah, blah.

\chapter{Second}

Blah, blah.

\end{document}

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    Redefining \chapter doesn't seem necessary. – egreg Apr 21 '13 at 23:08
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    @egreg You are right. Redefining the whole definition is for educational purposes. – Przemysław Scherwentke Apr 21 '13 at 23:12
  • Thanks :) ... It works with \uppercase instead of \MakeUppercase – Muhammad Apr 21 '13 at 23:17
  • @Muhammad Strange: \uppercase? Are you using LaTeX2.09? – Przemysław Scherwentke Apr 21 '13 at 23:22
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    Your current solution only works for chapters in \mainmatter, but not for those in \frontmatter or \backmatter. You need to add \MakeUppercase also in the \else branch. – Gonzalo Medina Apr 21 '13 at 23:45

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