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Komag's avatar
Komag
Roku Guru
11 years ago

Checking Type() is case sensitive - undocumented?

I've noticed that when I check the Type of a variable, it's case sensitive (at least for String/roString). Example: IF Type(id) = "String" OR Type(id) = "roString" ' Could be either one, depending...
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TheEndless's avatar
TheEndless
Roku Guru
11 years ago
"Komag" wrote:
Okay, that's helpful to know.

Maybe section 3.7.9 "Comparison Operators" under the strings side for =, could include "true if strings A and B are identical (case sensitive)"

I'm honestly not sure that's necessary. I guess it couldn't hurt, but I can't think of any programming languages that have case-insensitive direct string comparisons.