Re: case sensitivity in strings...

From: Oscar kind (oscar_at_danwa.net)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:24:36 +0100

Frances Del Rio <fdr58@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Mike B wrote:
>>
>>
>> Translate both strings to either upper- or lower-case before you search in
>> the string.
>
> of course.. thank you... I turned them both to lowercase, but if user
> types in "Hamlet" I would like app to return that same Upper-lower
> scheme, well, this might be a small detail... I'm too picky... ;)

Personally, I'd use a seperate, temporary variable for the lowercase
search argument. That way, the original is untouched and can be displayed
as the user entered it. 

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