Perl lc Function



Description

This function returns a lowercased version of EXPR, or $_ if EXPR is omitted.

Syntax

Following is the simple syntax for this function −

lc EXPR

lc

Return Value

This function returns a lowercased version of EXPR, or $_ if EXPR is omitted.

Example

Following is the example code showing its basic usage −

#!/usr/bin/perl

$orig_string = "This is Test and CAPITAL";
$changed_string = lc( $orig_string );

print "Changed String is : $changed_string\n";

When above code is executed, it produces the following result −

Changed String is : this is test and capital
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