From: Stuart White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I want to take input from <STDIN> and then convert it
> to lowercase.  so I tried this:
> 
> lc(chomp($input = <STDIN>)));
> 
> and I got an error message that said I couldn't use lc
> in that way - or something like that.  I can't
> remember the message now.
> 
> then I tried this:
> 
> lc($input);
> 
> and I got the same error.

        Useless use of lc in void context

right? And it's a warning, not an error.

lc() is a function. It returns the lowercased string.
So you have to assign it's output to something.

Jenda
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