The first proposed solution: if ($x =~ /$y/i)
is not remotely the same as the 'eq' solution. $x = 'OkOk'; $y = 'ok'; This will match and clearly they are not the same. A better one would be: if ($x =~ /^$y$/) But even this has its problems, $x = 'ok'; $y = '(ok|notok)'; Will still match, but are clearly not equal. Really comes down to the sanity of your environment, but I would stick with the 'lc' proposed solution. http://danconia.org ------------------------------------------------ On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 13:41:03 -0000, "Rob Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That would work fine, or you could change both to the same case for the > duration of the comparison: > > if ( "\U$x" eq "\U$y" ) > > Rob > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dylan Boudreau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 1:30 PM > Subject: RE: Case Insensitive > > > > I could be wrong here as I am still pretty new to perl but couldn't you > > just do it like this > > > > if ($x =~ /$y/i) > > > > Dylan > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: SATAR VAFAPOOR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: December 3, 2002 9:27 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Case Insensitive > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > I want to make comaprisons in an if statement without caring about upper > > or lower case eg $x='T'; $y='t' if($x eq $y). can the i that is used in > > regex be used here or is there another way. Thanks > > > > Sattar > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
