lc() takes a string, turns the string to lower case, and returns that. So what you're searching for is:
chomp($input = lc(<STDIN>)); This way, lc() function turns the input into lowercase, assigns it to the $input scalar, and then chomps out the newline at the end. Quite efficent. In a message dated 2/20/2004 5:22:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The way it is described makes me think that I am using it correctly, but Perl is telling me different. So, am I using it incorrectly? Thanks -Will ----------------------------------- Handy Yet Cryptic Code. Just to Look Cool to Look at and try to decipher without running it. Windows perl -e "printf qq.%3i\x20\x3d\x20\x27%c\x27\x09.,$_,$_ for 0x20..0x7e" Unix perl -e 'printf qq.%3i\x20\x3d\x20\x27%c\x27%7c.,$_,$_,0x20 for 0x20..0x7e'
