Case sensitive help

[MaxGeek]

I want to change a variable $name with the value of first.last (john.doe) to First.Last (John.Doe).

Like the format for the variable will always have a "." between the first and last name. I want to make the first letter of the first and last name are a capitol.

So I though I would split $name at the "." by doing
@split_email = split(".", $name"

But I forgot how I would set the first part of the name and last part of the name as individual variables so I can make the first letter of each upper case and then put them back together.

Can someone help me?

 

[Deleted]

my $full_name = "donald duck";
$full_name =~ tr/A-Z/a-z/;
$full_name =~ s/\b(.)/\u$1/g;

# Output = Donald Duck

M. Brooks
X Concepts LLC

http://xconcepts.com

 

[derekpc]

Sticking with your split you could also do:

@split_email = split(".", $name");
print ucfirst($split_email[0]).".".ucfirst($split_email[1])."\n";
[code]

The ucfirst() function converst the first character for the string to upper case.
Derek

 

[ishnid]

Be careful with your split statement. Remember that the first argument split() takes is a regexp, so you have to escape the dot to stop it matching 'any character'.

Oh, and don't use double quotes for it either, unless you know why you're doing it.

@split_email = split('\.', $name");

 

[derekpc]

Sigh, tested it twice to confirm I needed to escape the dot and then forgot to enter it that way in my post. Must have been having a bad night. Thanks.
Derek

 

[MaxGeek]

Thanx for all the help, i haven't had a chance to try it yet, but I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[MaxGeek]

I ended up using MrBrooks method and it worked great. Thanx for all your help everyone.