Thanks ... problem solved. 'Firstname= VVVVV' <> 'Firstname=VVVVVV'
Moral ... spend the time building sensible test data! -----Original Message----- From: Paul Mckenzie [mailto:paul@;smss.org.nz] Sent: 13 November 2002 15:46 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: Re: [DUG]: String equivalence? Can you view the actual characters - char by char - in the debugger probably the best way I can think of Are there control characters hidden in the strings (eg CR + LF in str1 & CR in str2) you could shove them into a byte array and check (code wise) byte be byte are they the same type of strings WideChars vs chars etc. HTH Regards Paul McKenzie Analyst Programmer SMSS ltd. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Low" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 3:35 PM Subject: [DUG]: String equivalence? > I have a chunk of code protected with the assertion: > assert(str1 = str2) ... (str1, str2 are String). > These strings are derived by walking an object hierarchy and are pretty big > (each 500 odd words according to word). > > Problem is, visually they appear identical, word thinks they are identical > (using compare documents ... ) but the assertion asserts they are not. > > If anyone know how I can work out what the difference between the strings > actually is, and thus how I can efficiently solve this problem (the objects > were cloned before deriving the strings ... they should be identical). > > This is D5. > > Thanks > > > James > Notice of Legal Status and Confidential Information: This electronic mail > message and any accompanying attachments may contain information that is > privileged and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not the intended recipient you are > advised that any use, review, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of > the information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this document in error, please notify the sender immediately and > destroy the message. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ Notice of Legal Status and Confidential Information: This electronic mail message and any accompanying attachments may contain information that is privileged and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not the intended recipient you are advised that any use, review, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of the information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this document in error, please notify the sender immediately and destroy the message. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
