Accessing a string sequentially

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Thanks, but not really what I'm after. I want to manipulate the original string, if at all possible.

I could use...
Strict

Local a:String = "abcde"
Local c:String

For Local b:Int = 0 Until a.length
    c :+ Chr(a[b] - 32)
Next

a = c

Print a
Just seems needlessly messy.