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Perl function: lcfirst

Syntax:
lcfirst EXPR
lcfirst
The first letter of the EXPR is converted to lower case and the rest of the string is returned as it is.

Example:

$str = "Test String";
$new_str = lcfirst $str;
print "Original string is:", $str, "\n";
print "Changed string is:", $new_str;
Output:
Original string is: Test String
Changed string is: test String
If EXPR is missing, value stored in $_ is used.

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