Re: case-insensitive strings
Re: case-insensitive strings
- Subject: Re: case-insensitive strings
- From: Matt Neuburg <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:48:37 -0700
On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 10:32:22 -0700, I <email@hidden> said:
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I'd like to have a kind of NSString where isEqual: is case-insensitive. The
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reason I want this...
[snip]
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Is there an elegant and safe way to do this? You'd think there would be a
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way to tell an individual string to flip case sensitivity off for the
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purpose of all comparisons, but there doesn't seem to be one built in
I didn't get any useful answers. The thing that amazes me is that no one
chimed in with outraged cries of how the NSString model is inadequate.
Doesn't this bother anyone else out there besides me? This thing is an
object; the whole point of having an object is that the knowledge of how to
do stuff, such as decide whether two instance are "equal", should be made
to reside in the object. The idea that you can't flip case sensitivity on
or off for an individual string instance is just nutty to me. The idea of
having to do case-insensitive comparison "from the outside" makes me barf.
The idea of having to do it by making both comparands uppercase makes me
barf twice. I do it, but I also do a lot of barfing. m.
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