Re: How to check variables for uniqueness ?

Lew wrote:
That is how equalsIgnoreCase() works:

"beißen".equalsIgnoreCase("BEISSEN"): false

Well, then, either Wong is completely nuts, or we're using different JDK versions (1.6 here), or (seems least likely) toUpperCase actually alters the spelling of some words(!) rather than just changing a-z to A-Z (likewise accented equivalents) while leaving the rest alone.
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