my $info = "one:two:three:four"; my @arr = split(/:/, $info); my $iLength = scalar @arr; for(my $i=0; $i<$iLength; $i++) { $arr[$i] = uc($arr[$i]); } # @arr = ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR #### my $info = "one:two:three:four"; my @arr = uc split(/:/, $info);