This is exactly why we have \b
consider the following:
$_ = "hello world. goodbye cruel world";
s/\b(.)/uc$1/seig;
print;
####
this should do exactly what you want... it matches the first character after
a word boundary and uppercases it.
there's an explenation about regexes at the tutorials section on my site,
that has plenty of examples of such things
take a look if you're interested, at http://japh.nu
regards,
Jos Boumans
> Hello All,
>
> how can i convert only the first letter of each word
> in a string without changing any other characters?
> Is this a job for regular expressions?
>
> For example, convert:
>
> FROM: "hello world. goodbye cruel world"
>
> TO: "Hello World. Goodbye Cruel World"
>
> any help is appreciated.
>
> --sal
>
>
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