From: dblack@...
Date: 2002-09-20T23:55:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Checking hash key's and values, with case insensitivity

Hi --

On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Khurram wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> How can I check hash keys and values without case sensitivity?
> Specifically I'm referring to the hash ".has_key?" and ".has_value?"
> methods.  I believe these are case sensitive by default.

If you set the global variable $= to true, they will not be
case sensitive.  But neither will regex matches, so use with
caution.  (You can set it back to false of course.)


David

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