How to make string comparison case-sensitive

[leuce 2]

G'day everyone

I'm using a script to compare a line of text in some program with a line of text in a text file. If the two lines of text aren't the same, then the script replaces the text in that program with the line from the text file.

Unfortunately it now appears that AutoIt doesn't do the comparison case-sensitively. It regards "FOO" as being equal to "foo" or "Foo", which is very bad for my purpose.

Here is the script:

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Global $alldone
Global $changeddone
Global $filereadline

#include <File.au3>

#cs

A more advanced version of the script that compares what is currently in the segment with what is to be pasted, and if it is the same, then it doesn't paste (thereby not affecting the segment status).

#ce

HotKeySet ("{ESC}", "TheEnd")

While 1

$fileopen = FileOpen ("idiotica.txt", 128)
$filecountlines = _FileCountLines ("idiotica.txt")

MsgBox (0, "Click in Idiom!", "Click with your mouse in the first line in Idiom... you have 5 seconds!", 5)

Sleep ("5000") ; so actually you have 10 seconds...

WinWaitActive ("Idiom WorldServer", "")

$alldone = 0
$changeddone = 0

For $i = 1 to $filecountlines

WinWaitActive ("Idiom WorldServer", "")

$filereadline = FileReadLine ("idiotica.txt", $i)

Send ("^a")
Sleep ("100")
Send ("^c")
Sleep ("100")
$existingtext = ClipGet()
Sleep ("100")

If $existingtext = $filereadline Then
Send ("{DOWN}")
ElseIf $existingtext <> $filereadline Then
ClipPut ($filereadline)
Sleep ("100")
Send ("^a")
Sleep ("100")
Send ("^v")
Sleep ("100")
Send ("{DOWN}")
Sleep ("100")
$changeddone = $changeddone + 1
Else
MsgBox (0, "Comparison failed", "Comparison failed", 0)
Exit
EndIf

$alldone = $alldone + 1

Next

MsgBox (0, "Done!", "Did " & $alldone & " segments, of which " & $changeddone & " changed.", 10)
Exit

WEnd

Func TheEnd()
MsgBox (0, "Done!", "Did " & $alldone & " segments, of which " & $changeddone & " changed.", 10)
Exit
EndFunc

How can I ensure that the comparison is case-sensitive?

Thanks

Samuel

[water 2,392]

Try this:

If "Foo" = "foo" Then
    msgBox(0,"","equal")
Else
    msgBox(0,"","not equal")
Endif

If "Foo" == "foo" Then
    msgBox(0,"","equal")
Else
    msgBox(0,"","not equal")
Endif

[AdmiralAlkex 125]

Also see Language Reference - Operators in the helpfile.

[leuce 2]

Try this:

If "Foo" = "foo" Then
    msgBox(0,"","equal")
Else
    msgBox(0,"","not equal")
Endif

If "Foo" == "foo" Then
    msgBox(0,"","equal")
Else
    msgBox(0,"","not equal")
Endif

Thanks to both repliers -- the combination of the two replies gave me my answer.

Thanks

Samuel

[saywell 3]

Or you could use StringCompare with flag 1.

William