From @masak

<Heather> how to lowercase string?
<masak> it's a code smell, because it hinders composability and thus
scalability.
<moritz> lc
<masak> r​: say lc "OMG KITTENS"
<p6eval> rakudo b972ca​: OUTPUT«omg kittens␤»
<Heather> oh... that easy
<masak> r​: say "OMG KITTENS".lc
<p6eval> rakudo b972ca​: OUTPUT«omg kittens␤»
<masak> Heather​: there's also .uc and .tc -- the latter gives you title-case
<masak> r​: say "omg kittens".tc
<p6eval> rakudo b972ca​: OUTPUT«No such method 'tc' for invocant of
type 'Str'␤ in block at /tmp/4sTM6NalhI​:1␤␤»
<masak> oh :/
<masak> n​: say "omg kittens".tc
<p6eval> niecza v24-35-g5c06e28​: OUTPUT«Omg kittens␤»
<pmichaud> r​: say tc "omg kittens"
<p6eval> rakudo b972ca​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Undeclared routine​:␤ tc
used at line 1. Did you mean '&lc', '&uc'?␤␤»
<pmichaud> hmmm.
* masak submits TODO rakudobug
<moritz> r​: say tclc 'omg kittens'
<p6eval> rakudo b972ca​: OUTPUT«Omg kittens␤»
<moritz> r​: say tclc 'OMG KITTENS'
<p6eval> rakudo b972ca​: OUTPUT«Omg kittens␤»
<moritz> r​: say capitalize 'OMG KITTENS'
<p6eval> rakudo b972ca​: OUTPUT«Omg Kittens␤»
<pmichaud> r​: 'OMG KITTENS'.tclc.say
<p6eval> rakudo b972ca​: OUTPUT«Omg kittens␤»
<pmichaud> r​: 'omg rakudobugs'.uc.say
<p6eval> rakudo b972ca​: OUTPUT«OMG RAKUDOBUGS␤»

From @Mouq

On Wed Mar 27 05​:46​:13 2013, masak wrote​:

<Heather> how to lowercase string?
<masak> it's a code smell, because it hinders composability and thus
scalability.
<moritz> lc
<masak> r​: say lc "OMG KITTENS"
<p6eval> rakudo b972ca​: OUTPUT«omg kittens␤»
<Heather> oh... that easy
<masak> r​: say "OMG KITTENS".lc
<p6eval> rakudo b972ca​: OUTPUT«omg kittens␤»
<masak> Heather​: there's also .uc and .tc -- the latter gives you title-case
<masak> r​: say "omg kittens".tc
<p6eval> rakudo b972ca​: OUTPUT«No such method 'tc' for invocant of
type 'Str'␤ in block at /tmp/4sTM6NalhI​:1␤␤»
<masak> oh :/
<masak> n​: say "omg kittens".tc
<p6eval> niecza v24-35-g5c06e28​: OUTPUT«Omg kittens␤»
<pmichaud> r​: say tc "omg kittens"
<p6eval> rakudo b972ca​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Undeclared routine​:␤ tc
used at line 1. Did you mean '&lc', '&uc'?␤␤»
<pmichaud> hmmm.
* masak submits TODO rakudobug
<moritz> r​: say tclc 'omg kittens'
<p6eval> rakudo b972ca​: OUTPUT«Omg kittens␤»
<moritz> r​: say tclc 'OMG KITTENS'
<p6eval> rakudo b972ca​: OUTPUT«Omg kittens␤»
<moritz> r​: say capitalize 'OMG KITTENS'
<p6eval> rakudo b972ca​: OUTPUT«Omg Kittens␤»
<pmichaud> r​: 'OMG KITTENS'.tclc.say
<p6eval> rakudo b972ca​: OUTPUT«Omg kittens␤»
<pmichaud> r​: 'omg rakudobugs'.uc.say
<p6eval> rakudo b972ca​: OUTPUT«OMG RAKUDOBUGS␤»

Works now and is tested in S32-str/tc.t. Marking as resolved

The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

@Mouq - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'