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lcfirst

Posted on July 10th, 2009 RubyLove 2 comments

The lcfirst() function returns a string, with the first character in lower case - only if the first character is alphabetic.

PHP
```
echo lcfirst("Java is OK.");
=> // java is OK.
```
Ruby
```
my_string = "Java is OK.";
 
puts my_string[0,1].downcase + my_string[1..-1];
=> # java is OK.
```
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strtolower

Posted on March 8th, 2009 RubyLove No comments

Returns the argument provided with all alphabetic characters converted to lowercase.

PHP
```
echo strtolower('Ruby is pure OO');
// => ruby is pure oo
```
Ruby
```
puts 'Ruby is pure OO'.downcase;
# => ruby is pure oo
```
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