Perl uc Function



Description

This function returns an uppercased version of EXPR, or $_ if not specified. Check ucfirst() function which will return only first character in uppercase.

Syntax

Following is the simple syntax for this function −

 uc EXPR uc 

Return Value

This function returns String in uppercase.

Example

Following is the example code showing its basic usage −

 #!/usr/bin/perl -w $string = 'the cat sat on the mat.'; $u_string = uc($string); print "First String |$string|\n"; print "Second String |$u_string|\n"; 

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

 First String |the cat sat on the mat.| Second String |THE CAT SAT ON THE MAT.| 
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