for(@in) {
       lc();
       print;
       }
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#!/usr/bin/perl -w

# yc.pl
# pod at tail

use strict;
use vars qw( @lc @uc @lcfirst @ucfirst );

my $infile  = shift     or die "\nUsage:yc.pl text_file_name\n";
my %outfile = (
   lc  => 'ylc.txt',
   uc  => 'yuc.txt',
   lcf => 'ylcf.txt',
   ucf => 'yucf.txt',
   );

# read input data
open (IN, "< $infile") or die "Can't open $infile for read: $!";
my @in = <IN>;
close IN               or die "Cannot close $infile: $!";

for(@in) {
   chomp;
 # case-munging
   my $lc = lc();
   my $uc = uc();
   my $ucfirst = ucfirst($lc);
   my $lcfirst = lcfirst($uc);
 # print individual elements to console
   print "$_\n";
   print "$lc\n";
   print "$uc\n";
   print "$lcfirst\n";
   print "$ucfirst\n";
   print "\n";
 # populate lists of complete lines
   push @lc, $lc;
   push @uc, $uc;
   push @ucfirst, $ucfirst;
   push @lcfirst, $lcfirst;
   }

# print to outfiles
open (OUTLC, "> $outfile{lc}")   or die "Can't open $outfile{lc} for w
+rite: $!";
open (OUTUC, "> $outfile{uc}")   or die "Can't open $outfile{uc} for w
+rite: $!";
open (OUTLCF, "> $outfile{lcf}") or die "Can't open $outfile{lcf} for 
+write: $!";
open (OUTUCF, "> $outfile{ucf}") or die "Can't open $outfile{ucf} for 
+write: $!";

# for(@in)       { print; } print "\n";
for(@lc)       { print OUTLC; }
for(@uc)       { print OUTUC; }
for(@lcfirst)  { print OUTLCF; }
for(@ucfirst)  { print OUTUCF; }

close OUTLC              or die "Cannot close $outfile{lc}: $!";
close OUTUC              or die "Cannot close $outfile{uc}: $!";
close OUTLCF             or die "Cannot close $outfile{lcf}: $!";
close OUTUCF             or die "Cannot close $outfile{ucf}: $!";

=pod

=head1 Name

 yc.pl

=head1 Synopsis

 yc.pl text_file_name

 Useless and rudimentary scriptlet from playing around with lc.
 Accepts input filename from command-line, and outputs to 4 files
  the same text but all uppercase, all lowercase, first letter
  lowercase, and first letter uppercase.

 I'll long remember lc's lessons on return value and context. {grin}
 "Useless use of lc in void context..." for trying to do this:
    for(@in) {
       lc();
       print;
       }

 This is the part where you say, "And he's Saint(10) because???" ;^D

=head1 Author

 ybiC

=head1 Updated

 2001-07-25   11:05 CDT
   Corrected couple o'tyops.
   Specify input file from command-line.
   Output to separate files instead of console.
 2001-07-24   20:30 CDT
   Post to Perl Monks snippets.
   Initial working code.

=head1 Todos

 LoL to streamline repetitive code of for/prints at tail.

=head1 Tested

 ActivePerl 5.6   Win2kPro
 Perl 5.6         Cygwin
 Perl 5.00503     Debian 2.2r3

=cut
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