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| author | Scott Baker <scott@perturb.org> | 2023-02-09 13:46:18 -0800 |
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| committer | Karl Williamson <khw@cpan.org> | 2023-02-10 21:31:49 -0700 |
| commit | 8da6832dfbca54f8380d08a45b2ca920607bf04c (patch) | |
| tree | 6913952e93fe521e337bc2f1963b1be2f4295ad0 /pod/perlfunc.pod | |
| parent | 2aa450394fed0a447d8df334bc797a50a81aebe3 (diff) | |
| download | perl-8da6832dfbca54f8380d08a45b2ca920607bf04c.tar.gz | |
Add examples and clarify wording
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| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlfunc.pod | 16 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index c69da92cae..9f510e9150 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -9660,17 +9660,23 @@ X<ucfirst> X<uppercase> =item ucfirst -=for Pod::Functions return a string with just the next letter in upper case +=for Pod::Functions return a string with the first letter in upper case -Returns the value of EXPR with the first character in uppercase -(titlecase in Unicode). This is the internal function implementing -the C<\u> escape in double-quoted strings. +Returns the value of EXPR with the B<first> character in uppercase +(titlecase in Unicode). -If EXPR is omitted, uses L<C<$_>|perlvar/$_>. + my $str = ucfirst("hello world!"); # "Hello world!" + +If EXPR is omitted, C<ucfirst> uses L<C<$_>|perlvar/$_>. This function behaves the same way under various pragmas, such as in a locale, as L<C<lc>|/lc EXPR> does. +B<Note:> This is the internal function implementing the C<\u> escape in +double-quoted strings. + + my $str = "\uperl\E is great"; # "Perl is great" + =item umask EXPR X<umask> |