case sensitivity of the keys in an associative array

francois.chaplais francois.chaplais at mines-paristech.fr
Tue Aug 23 11:00:35 EDT 2022


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Chers,
François

> Le 23 août 2022 à 16:46, Klaus major-k via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> a écrit :
> 
> Bonjour François,
> 
>> Am 23.08.2022 um 16:31 schrieb francois.chaplais via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>> 
>> Dear list
>> 
>> From my current work on a LiveCode project, it seems that the keys of an associative array are not case sensitive.
>> 
>> For instance, I may define 
>> theArray[« Ddt »]
>> 
>> If I define now  
>> theArray[« ddt »]
>> 
>> this entry replaces the previous one (forgive apple mail which replaces my double quotes by french double quotes)
>> 
>> Is this behavior confirmed?
> 
> yes, taht is correct bahvior!
> 
> But you can force case sensitivity in LC:
> ...
> set the casesensitive to TRUE
> answer theArray[« Ddt »]
> ## -> NADA!
> 
> answer theArray[« ddt »]
> ## Will do what you want.
> ...
> 
>> Best regards
>> François
> 
> Best
> 
> Klaus
> 
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