On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, James Mills wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 09:39:10AM +0200, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, James Mills wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Is TStringList.indexOf case sensitive or insensitive ? > > > TStrings.indexOf is case insensitive, but TStringList.indexOf overrides > > > the TStrings.indexOf implementation accoriding to the documentation. > > > > It is case insensitive, but this was changed recently for Delphi > > compatibility. > > Older versions are case sensitive. Here are the relevant log entries: > > > > revision 1.15 > > date: 2003/05/29 23:13:57; author: michael; state: Exp; lines: +5 -2 > > fixed case insensitivity of TStrings.IndexOf > > ---------------------------- > > revision 1.14 > > date: 2002/12/10 21:05:44; author: michael; state: Exp; lines: +12 -5 > > + IndexOfName is case insensitive > > ---------------------------- > > Is there no other function that searches the list in a case insensitive > way ? I've been looking through the current FCL source and speaking to a > member of the list... No. IndexOf() is meant to search the list. In D7, there is a property 'CaseSensitive' which determines whether the search is performed case sensitively or not... > > It seems perhaps I should write a descendant of TStringList, which I've > done and works for my purpose. This is always possible, that is why we have OOP. > > The other query I have with TStringList, is the sqlite unit uses > CommaText which replaces " with "" and other side affects you don't want > in an IRC Services application. Then you don't need commatext, but plain old 'text'. The idea of commatext is exactly that it replaces " with ""... Michael. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
