>>>>> "Stuart" == Stuart White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Stuart> The way it is described makes me think that I am using
Stuart> it correctly, but Perl is telling me different.
Stuart> So, am I using it incorrectly? Thanks
You're confusing functions that return values (like lc) with functions
that act on their arguments (like chomp). And thank goodness the
latter is rare. :)
What you want is:
chomp($input = <STDIN>);
$input = lc $input;
And there's really not a good way to combine those (in that order).
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