The **`lc()` function** converts a string to lowercase. 

The following figure shows a visual representation of the `lc()` function.

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#  Syntax
```perl
lc(string)
```
# 
## Parameter
As a parameter, the `lc()` function requires a string that is to be converted to lowercase.

##
## Return value
The `lc()` function returns a string that is converted to lowercase.  

> If the `string` parameter is omitted, then it returns `''`.

# Code






#string
print "lc('EDUCATIVE') : ".lc('EDUCATIVE'). "\n";

#string with number 
print "lc('EDUCATIVE09') : ".lc('EDUCATIVE09'). "\n";

#string is omitted
print "lc() : ".lc(). "\n";


What is string.lc() in Perl?

Converts a string to lowercase, returning the result; if no string given, returns ''.