Match varialbes with case sensitivity.

[Googie85]

Hii Guys!!

I'm wondering how to match 2 variables with case sensitivity. For example, AlPhA123 will currently match Alpha123. How do I match these variables with Case Sensitivity?

Many Thanks,

Googie.

[richmond62]

Use caseSensitive.

[Klaus]

From the docs:
Important: Messages, object names, and LiveCode terms are never treated as case-sensitive,
even if the caseSensitive is set to true.
That also applies to variables.

Add a number to your variables to avoid these doublettes!

[richmond62]

That also applies to variables.

Add a number to your variables to avoid these doublettes!

Aye, well: and what happens if the OP CANNOT differentiate the variables in the way you suggest?

[richmond62]

Just stick your variables into 2 fields:
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Button 'SENSITIVE':

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on mouseUp
   set the caseSensitive to true
   if fld "f1" contains fld "f2" then
      put "MATCH" into fld "f3"
   else
      put "NOPE" into fld "f3"
   end if
end mouseUp

And, for once, Klaus, you'll see that fields DO have their uses.

[Klaus]

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And, for once, Klaus, you'll see that fields DO have their uses.  8)

Yes, but this completely OFF-topic here and does not solve the problem!

Aye, well: and what happens if the OP CANNOT differentiate the variables in the way you suggest?

How is that in english? First come, first serve?
Means that LC will treat these as the SAME variable so it will get overwritten whenever the TS accesses them.

[Klaus]

This:

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 on mouseUp
   set the casesensitive to TRUE
   put 1 into taaa
   put 2 into tAAA
   put taaa && tAAA
end mouseUp

will give you: 2 2 in the messagebox as exspected.

[richmond62]

does not solve the problem!

The 'problem' as far as I can see is that the OP wants to compare 2 variables and differentiate them on the basis of whether , while being alphabetically the same, there is a CASE difference in those alphabetic characters.

By putting the 2 variables into 2 fields they CAN be compared in that way.

[Klaus]

Yes, sure, but if that is the case (using two FIELDS to compare two variable names, which would make
the execution of a script a TAD longer than neccessary), then something is going completely wrong with the scripting!

And even that will make LC NOT differ between the variables in the scripts.

[richmond62]

OK: go for this:
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on mouseUp
   put empty into fld "f3"
   put fld "f1" into EFF1
   put EFF1 into EFF1x
   put fld "f2" into EFF2
   put EFF2 into EFF2x
   repeat until EFF1x is empty
      put codePointToNum(char 1 of EFF1x) after EFF1z
      delete char 1 of EFF1x
   end repeat
   repeat until EFF2x is empty
      put codePointToNum(char 1 of EFF2x) after EFF2z
      delete char 1 of EFF2x
   end repeat
   if EFF1z = EFF2z then
      put "MATCH" into fld "f3"
   else
      put "NOPE" into fld "f3"
   end if
end mouseUp

No fields were hurt during the making of this stack.

[Klaus]

No fields were hurt during the making of this stack.

However they were USED!
Otherwise LC cannot differ between these two poorly chosen variable names!
So it seems there is no script-only way to do so.

[richmond62]

two poorly chosen variable names!

Aesthetics were not my first thought; functionality was.

And, I thought 'EFF1' and 'EFF2' were better than 'EFFon' and 'EFFoff'.

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no script-only way

Err: that's what I just did:

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if EFF1z = EFF2z then
--- EFF1 and EFF2 match
end if

[dunbarx]

Re-form the variables into a string of their ASCII characters. Here is a long-winded demo script using a button and a field. Put this in the button script:

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on mouseUp
   get "dog"
   repeat for each char tChar in it
      put charToNum(tChar) after temp
   end repeat
   put temp into fld 1
   
     get "DoG"
     repeat for each char tChar in it
      put charToNum(tChar) after temp1
   end repeat
   put temp1 into line 2 of  fld 1
end mouseUp

Craig

[Klaus]

two poorly chosen variable names!

Aesthetics were not my first thought; functionality was.
...

I meant Googies variable names: AlPhA123 and Alpha123

[dunbarx]

Google85

How do you want to use this ability? My demo script can tell the difference between "dog" and "DoG", but then what?

Craig