$foo = 'This is a CAPITAL test, man'; $bar = 'IS A cap'; if ((lc $foo) =~ (lc $bar)) { print lc $foo; print "\n"; print lc $bar; print "\n"; print 'YES'; } else { print lc $foo; print "\n"; print lc $bar; print "\n"; print 'NO'; } #### if (lc $foo =~ lc $bar)