Brian: concrete strings, not abstract

2011-03-05T20:24:03Z

concrete strings, not abstract

Brian: Created page with "'''Case sensitivity''' occurs when data, particularly strings, which differ only in letter case, are considered different. An algorithm or function that exhibits case sensiti..."

2011-03-05T20:23:24Z

Created page with "'''Case sensitivity''' occurs when data, particularly strings, which differ only in letter case, are considered different. An algorithm or function that exhibits case sensiti..."

New page

'''Case sensitivity''' occurs when data, particularly [[string]]s, which differ only in letter case, are considered different. An algorithm or function that exhibits case sensitivity is said to be '''case-sensitive'''; one that does not is said to be '''case-insensitive'''. For example, the Pascal compiler is case-insensitive, because every reserved word and every identifier may be typed in uppercase, lowercase, or mixed-case, with no difference whatsoever to the meaning. On the other hand, when Pascal compares strings encoded in [[ASCII]], the strings '''a''' and '''A''' are considered to be unequal, with '''A''' being smaller, so we say that this comparison is case-sensitive.

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:24, 5 March 2011
Line 1:		Line 1:
−	'''Case sensitivity''' occurs when data, particularly [[string]]s, which differ only in letter case, are considered different. An algorithm or function that exhibits case sensitivity is said to be '''case-sensitive'''; one that does not is said to be '''case-insensitive'''. For example, the Pascal compiler is case-insensitive, because every reserved word and every identifier may be typed in uppercase, lowercase, or mixed-case, with no difference whatsoever to the meaning. On the other hand, when Pascal compares strings encoded in [[ASCII]], the strings '''a''' and '''A''' are considered to be unequal, with ~~'''A'''~~ being smaller, so we say that this comparison is case-sensitive.	+	'''Case sensitivity''' occurs when data, particularly [[string]]s, which differ only in letter case, are considered different. An algorithm or function that exhibits case sensitivity is said to be '''case-sensitive'''; one that does not is said to be '''case-insensitive'''. For example, the Pascal compiler is case-insensitive, because every reserved word and every identifier may be typed in uppercase, lowercase, or mixed-case, with no difference whatsoever to the meaning. On the other hand, when Pascal compares strings encoded in [[ASCII]], the strings <code>'a'</code> and <code>'A'</code> are considered to be unequal, with the latter being smaller, so we say that this comparison is case-sensitive.

Case sensitivity - Revision history

Brian: concrete strings, not abstract

Brian: Created page with "'''Case sensitivity''' occurs when data, particularly strings, which differ only in letter case, are considered different. An algorithm or function that exhibits case sensiti..."