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chaley · 09-07-2022, 05:20 AM

In this post @un_pogaz mentioned that he needed a case sensitive string compare. He solved it with a custom python template function.

This raises a question: is there a general need for this? It would be easy to add case sensitive compare operators, e.g., ==!, >!, <! etc. (the ! converts the operator to case sensitive), but if they aren't useful then why take the cognitive space for them.

Opinions?

09-07-2022, 05:20 AM	#1
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,463 Karma: 8025600 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Case sensitive compare in the template language? In this post @un_pogaz mentioned that he needed a case sensitive string compare. He solved it with a custom python template function. This raises a question: is there a general need for this? It would be easy to add case sensitive compare operators, e.g., ==!, >!, <! etc. (the ! converts the operator to case sensitive), but if they aren't useful then why take the cognitive space for them. Opinions?