What functions are dealing with strings?

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Re: What functions are dealing with strings? by davidrw (Prior) on Sep 27, 2005 at 16:22 UTC
Have a look at perlfunc (you can type `man perlfunc` or `perldoc perlfunc` as well). A portion from the top: Perl Functions by Category Here are Perl's functions (including things that look like func +tions, like some keywords and named operators) arranged by category. Some functions appear i +n more than one place. Functions for SCALARs or strings "chomp", "chop", "chr", "crypt", "hex", "index", "lc", "lcf +irst", "length", "oct", "ord", "pack", "q/STRING/", "qq/STRING/", "reverse", "rindex", "sp +rintf", "substr", "tr///", "uc", "ucfirst", "y///" <snip> Functions for real @ARRAYs "pop", "push", "shift", "splice", "unshift" Functions for list data "grep", "join", "map", "qw/STRING/", "reverse", "sort", "un +pack" [download] Also note that for specific funcitons (e.g. grep), you can do `perldoc -f grep` to see just that section of perlfunc.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: What functions are dealing with strings? by philcrow (Priest) on Sep 27, 2005 at 16:22 UTC
The perldoc perlfunc has a section called 'Perl Functions by Category'. The first category is 'Functions for SCALARs or strings'. That gives a list of most of the relevant functions. See also 'Regular expressions and pattern matching' listed immediately below that. Phil	[reply]
Re^2: What functions are dealing with strings? by szabgab (Priest) on Sep 27, 2005 at 16:30 UTC
yeah, I think that's what I am looking for thanks	[reply]
Re: What functions are dealing with strings? by xdg (Monsignor) on Sep 27, 2005 at 16:22 UTC
perlfunc -xdg Code written by xdg and posted on PerlMonks is public domain. It is provided as is with no warranties, express or implied, of any kind. Posted code may not have been tested. Use of posted code is at your own risk.	[reply]