On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, James Mills wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 03:03:31PM +0200, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > > > > > 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... > > I look at the source and didn't see a property like this. Maybe I'll > check again :) > So if I went, strings.CaseSensitive := True; > it'd work ? In D7, yes. In FPC: Not unless you send me a patch :-) > > > 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 ""... > Well I've left the sqlite class to use commatext, but in my simple > database class have used nsiExtractQuotedStr to remove double quotes and > surrouding quotes in the string. using plain text adds extra 0A chars on > the end. Yes. It is supposed to do this. Michael. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
