Perl | Useful String functions

A string in Perl is a scalar variable and start with a ($) sign and it can contain alphabets, numbers, special characters. The string can consist of a single word, a group of words or a multi-line paragraph. The String is defined by the user within a single quote (‘) or double quote (“). Perl provides various functions to manipulate the string like any other programming language. Example: Some string functions of Perl are as follows:

Function	Description
chomp()	Used to remove the last trailing newline from the input string
length()	Finds length (number of characters) of a given string, or $_ if not specified
substr()	Returns a substring out of the string passed to the function starting from a given index up to the length specified
uc()	Returns the string passed to it after converting it into uppercase
ucfirst()	Returns the string VAR or $_ after converting the First character to uppercase
lc()	Returns a lowercased version of VAR, or $_ if VAR is omitted
lcfirst()	Returns the string VAR or $_ after converting the First character to lowercase
chr()	Returns a string representing a character whose Unicode code point is an integer
chop()	Returns a string representing a character whose Unicode code point is an integer
index()	Returns the position of the first occurrence of given substring (or pattern) in a string (or text)
rindex()	Returns the position of the last occurrence of the substring (or pattern) in the string (or text)
sprintf()	Uses Format provided by the user to return the formatted string with the use of the values in the list
ord()	Returns the ASCII value of the first character of a string
quotemeta()	It escapes all meta-characters in the value passed to it as parameter
split()	Used to split or cut a string into smaller sections or pieces