lcfirst Function in Perl

What is lcfirst Function in Perl?

Explanation

This function is used to convert first character of a string into lower case.

Syntax:


lcfirst EXPR
lcfirst

In the above syntax, lcfirst() function takes a "string" as the argument.

Example :


#! C:programfilesperlbinperl
print "content-type: text/htmlnn";
$string = "ABVP";
$string2 = lcfirst($string);
print "Lower case first character: $string2n";
Result :

Lower case first character: aBVP

In the above example the first character of the string "ABVP" is converted to lowercase using the function lcfirst().

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