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Perl | String functions (length, lc, uc, index, rindex)

Last Updated: 26 June 2019

String in Perl is a sequence of character enclosed within some kinds of quotation marks. Perl string can contain UNICODE, ASCII and escape sequence characters. Perl provid...read more

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Perl | index() Function

Last Updated: 06 March 2023

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 default, it searches fr...read more

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Perl | lc() Function for Lower Case Conversion

Last Updated: 11 July 2025

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 converted to lower caseReturn:Lowe...read more

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Perl | lcfirst() Function

Last Updated: 11 July 2025

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

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Perl | length() Function

Last Updated: 11 July 2025

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 of strings whose...read more

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Perl | ord() Function

Last Updated: 11 July 2025

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 character string as a parameter an...read more

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Perl | quotemeta() Function

Last Updated: 11 July 2025

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)Param...read more

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Perl | rindex() Function

Last Updated: 11 July 2025

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 string (or text)...read more

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Perl | sprintf() Function

Last Updated: 11 July 2025

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 function is identical to printf but...read more

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Perl | uc() Function

Last Updated: 11 July 2025

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 character in upperca...read more

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Perl | chop() Function

Last Updated: 11 July 2025

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 string whose last characters...read more

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Perl | chomp() Function

Last Updated: 11 July 2025

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 trailing newli...read more

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Perl | chr() Function

Last Updated: 11 July 2025

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 an unicode integer value...read more

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Perl | Useful String functions

Last Updated: 12 July 2025

A string in Perl is a scalar variable and start with a ($) sign and it can contain alphabets, numbers, special characters. The string can consist of a single word, a group...read more

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