On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Rene Verharen wrote:
> I need to change the first (and ONLY the first) character of a string into 
> Caps.  I know how to change the whole string into Caps by using this :
> 
>     my $in = "this is my text";
>     $out = uc $in;
Rene:

You're close. Use ucfirst() instead. 

To change the capitalization of several words (e.g., change 'eRic
preTorioUs' -> 'Eric Pretorious') try...

$foo =~ /(\w+)/\u\L$1/g;

-- 
Eric P.
Los Gatos, CA


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