Perl | uc() Function Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025 Comments Improve Suggest changes 1 Likes Like Report uc() function in Perl returns the string passed to it after converting it into uppercase. It is similar to ucfirst() function which returns only first character in uppercase. Note: The characters which are already in UpperCase are not modified. Syntax: uc String Returns: string in uppercase. Example 1: Perl #!/usr/bin/perl -w # String to be converted to UPPERCASE $string = "geeksfOrGeeks"; print "Original String: $string\n"; # Converting the string to # UPPERCASE using uc() function $UPPER_STRING = uc($string); print "Modified String: $UPPER_STRING"; Output: Original String: geeksfOrGeeks Modified String: GEEKSFORGEEKS Example 2: Perl #!/usr/bin/perl -w # String to be converted to UPPERCASE $string = "WelComEToGeeKS"; print "Original String: $string\n"; # Converting the string to # UPPERCASE using uc() function $UPPER_STRING = uc($string); print "Modified String: $UPPER_STRING"; Output: Original String: WelComEToGeeKS Modified String: WELCOMETOGEEKS Comment C Code_Mech Follow 1 Improve C Code_Mech Follow 1 Improve Article Tags : Perl Perl-function Perl-String-Functions Explore BasicsPerl Programming Language2 min readIntroduction to Perl7 min readPerl Installation and Environment Setup in Windows, Linux, and MacOS3 min readPerl | Basic Syntax of a Perl Program10 min readHello World Program in Perl3 min readFundamentalsPerl | Data Types3 min readPerl | Boolean Values3 min readPerl | Operators | Set - 112 min readPerl | Operators | Set - 27 min readPerl | Variables4 min readPerl | Modules3 min readPackages in Perl4 min readControl FlowPerl | Decision Making (if, if-else, Nestedâif, if-elsif ladder, unless, unless-else, unless-elsif)6 min readPerl | Loops (for, foreach, while, do...while, until, Nested loops)7 min readPerl | given-when Statement4 min readPerl | goto statement3 min readArrays & ListsPerl | Arrays6 min readPerl | Array Slices3 min readPerl | Arrays (push, pop, shift, unshift)3 min readPerl List and its Types4 min readHashPerl Hash4 min readPerl | Hash Operations8 min readPerl | Multidimensional Hashes6 min readScalarsPerl | Scalars2 min readPerl | Comparing Scalars6 min readPerl | scalar keyword2 min readStringsPerl | Quoted, Interpolated and Escaped Strings4 min readPerl | String Operators4 min readPerl | String functions (length, lc, uc, index, rindex)4 min readOOP ConceptsObject Oriented Programming (OOPs) in Perl7 min readPerl | Classes in OOP6 min readPerl | Objects in OOPs6 min readPerl | Methods in OOPs5 min readPerl | Constructors and Destructors4 min readPerl | Method Overriding in OOPs6 min readPerl | Inheritance in OOPs7 min readPerl | Polymorphism in OOPs4 min readPerl | Encapsulation in OOPs6 min readRegular ExpressionsPerl | Regular Expressions2 min readPerl | Operators in Regular Expression4 min readPerl | Regex Character Classes3 min readPerl | Quantifiers in Regular Expression4 min readFile HandlingPerl | File Handling Introduction7 min readPerl | Opening and Reading a File4 min readPerl | Writing to a File3 min readPerl | Useful File-handling functions2 min read Like