Re: Changing the first word to uppercase

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Re^2: Changing the first word to uppercase by bmann (Priest) on Feb 14, 2008 at 01:18 UTC
What's the reason you chose `s/.../uc($1)/e` over `s/.../\U$1/`?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Changing the first word to uppercase by ikegami (Patriarch) on Feb 14, 2008 at 18:24 UTC
I only thought of `\U` afterwards. I'm not a big fan of it either. Code shouldn't look like a string literal. And unlike interpolation, it's not something we are trained to look for.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Changing the first word to uppercase by Anonymous Monk on Feb 14, 2008 at 00:35 UTC
tx for ur help but it didnt work, it gave me the same line wid space after each line, it means my "word w o r d" now is "word w o r d word w o r d".....	[reply]
Re^3: Changing the first word to uppercase by ikegami (Patriarch) on Feb 14, 2008 at 00:39 UTC
I accidentally used `lc` where I should have used `uc`, but you shouldn't get the behaviour you describe either way. `>type infile hello h e l l o bye b y e bike b i k e >perl -pe"s/(.)/uc($1)/e" infile > outfile >type outfile Hello h e l l o Bye b y e Bike b i k e` [download] or `>type infile hello h e l l o bye b y e bike b i k e >type script.pl while (<>) { s/(.)/uc($1)/e; print; } >perl script.pl infile > outfile >type outfile Hello h e l l o Bye b y e Bike b i k e` [download] You must be doing something extra.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Changing the first word to uppercase by Anonymous Monk on Feb 14, 2008 at 00:58 UTC
Sorry for disturbing again. for mu input such as below i get this out put: `abandoned ax bcl b ae n dcl d en dcl d abdomen ae bcl b dcl d ow m en abdomen ae bcl b dcl d em en abdomen ae bcl b dcl d ax m ax n ABANDONED AX BCL B AE N DCL D EN DCL D bandoned ax bcl b ae n dcl d en dcl d ABDOMEN AE BCL B DCL D OW M EN bdomen ae bcl b dcl d ow m en ABDOMEN AE BCL B DCL D EM EN bdomen ae bcl b dcl d em en ABDOMEN AE BCL B DCL D AX M AX N` [download] which is not desired:(	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Changing the first word to uppercase by Anonymous Monk on Feb 14, 2008 at 01:37 UTC
Dear Friend I still couldnt solve it:) it gives me an unexpected output:(	[reply]
Re^3: Changing the first word to uppercase by ikegami (Patriarch) on Feb 14, 2008 at 18:20 UTC
We can't help solve "it doesn't work". Show us this code, the input you use, the output you get and the output you want. Update: I see you posted the input and output already, but not the code you used.	[reply]