Perl | Useful String functions
A string in Perl is a scalar variable and start with a ($) sign and it can contain alphabets, numbers, special characters. The string can… Read More »
Tag Archives: Perl-String-Functions
Perl | chomp() Function
The chomp() function in Perl is used to remove the last trailing newline from the input string. Syntax: chomp(String) Parameters: String : Input String whose… Read More »
Perl | chr() Function
The chr() function in Perl returns a string representing a character whose Unicode code point is an integer. Syntax: chr(Num) Parameters: Num : It is… Read More »
Perl | chop() Function
The chop() function in Perl is used to remove the last character from the input string. Syntax: chop(String) Parameters: String : It is the input… Read More »
Perl | uc() Function
uc() function in Perl returns the string passed to it after converting it into uppercase. It is similar to ucfirst() function which returns only first… Read More »
Perl | sprintf() Function
sprintf() function in Perl uses Format provided by the user to return the formatted string with the use of the values in the list. This… Read More »
Perl | rindex() Function
rindex() function in Perl operates similar to index() function, except it returns the position of the last occurrence of the substring (or pattern) in the… Read More »
Perl | ord() Function
The ord() function is an inbuilt function in Perl that returns the ASCII value of the first character of a string. This function takes a… Read More »
Perl | quotemeta() Function
quotemeta() function in Perl escapes all meta-characters in the value passed to it as parameter. Example: Input : “GF*..G” Output : “GF\*\.\.G” Syntax: quotemeta(value) Parameter:… Read More »
Perl | substr() function
substr() in Perl returns a substring out of the string passed to the function starting from a given index up to the length specified. This… Read More »
Perl | length() Function
length() function in Perl finds length (number of characters) of a given string, or $_ if not specified. Syntax:length(VAR) Parameter: VAR: String or a group… Read More »
Perl | lc() Function for Lower Case Conversion
lc() function in Perl returns a lowercased version of VAR, or $_ if VAR is omitted. Syntax: lc(VAR) Parameter: VAR: Sentence which is to be… Read More »
Perl | lcfirst() Function
lcfirst() function in Perl returns the string VAR or $_ after converting the First character to lowercase. Syntax: lcfirst(VAR) Parameter: VAR: Sentence whose first character… Read More »
Perl | index() Function
This function returns the position of the first occurrence of given substring (or pattern) in a string (or text). We can specify start position. By… Read More »
Perl | split() Function
split() is a string function in Perl which is used to split or you can say to cut a string into smaller sections or pieces.… Read More »
