Perl String FunctionsNEW!!! Check my new resource: Perl How To Tutorial eBooks Well shortly describe below some of the most frequently used Perl string functions: chop removes and returns the last character from a string chomp removes trailing newlines and returns the number of characters removed chr - converts ASCII or Unicode values into their corresponding characters crypt allows you to store passwords or other sensitive data using ASCII characters as encrypted strings hex converts a hex string into the numerical corresponding value index returns the position of the first occurrence of a substring in a string lc converts all the characters of a string in lowercases and returns the new string lcfirst converts the first character of a string in lowercase and returns the new string length returns the number of characters in a string oct converts an octal string into the numerical corresponding value ord converts a character into its ASCII/Unicode corresponding value pack converts a list into a string, according to a user-defined template (ex. a binary representation of a list) reverse in scalar context, concatenates the elements of a list and returns a string value with all characters in the opposite order rindex is similar to index, but returns the position of the last occurrence of a substring in a string sprintf emulates the C sprintf function substr extracts a substring from a string and returns it uc - converts all the characters of a string in uppercases and returns the new string NEW!!! Do you want more information about the basic Perl topics? Check my new "Perl How To" Tutorial eBooks page where I'll answer the most frequent questions regarding some topics : Table of Contents: A Perl Script Install Perl Running Perl Perl Data Types Perl Variables Perl Operators Perl Lists Perl Arrays Array Size Array Length Perl Hashes Perl Statements Perl if Perl unless Perl switch Perl while Perl do-while Perl until Perl do-until Perl for Perl foreach Built-in Perl Functions Functions by Category String Functions Array Functions Functions in alphabetical order chomp chop chr crypt defined grep hex index join lc lcfirst length map oct ord pack pop push qw reverse rindex scalar shift splice split substr uc undef unshift return from Perl String Functions to Perl Basics Hit the Alarm Clock! 
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