uc($myvar) => upper case
lc($myvar) => lower case
For your example:
if (uc($ans) eq "Y")
John Pimentel wrote:
>
> Hello all:
>
> I am wanting to reduce an "if" from this "or" I list below to "if ($ans eq
> "y")..." by forcing the response to a lower case "y" (like tolower, in C).
> The book I have does show the \l to force the next character to be
> lowercase, but I am still not clear how I pass (in this case a user
> response) to that lower case character.
>
> $ans = <> ;
> chomp $ans;
> if ($ans eq "y"||$ans eq "Y") {
>
>
> Anyone got a quick example before I start digging into the sites? I am sure
> I could do the whole thing more efficiently, but for now I'd like to stick
> with my baby steps. I am trying to understand this stuff.
>
> Thank you all,
>
> John Pimentel
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