How to compare strings ignoring the case

Question

I want apple and Apple comparison to be true. Currently

\"Apple\" == \"Apple\"  # returns TRUE
\"Apple\" == \"APPLE\"          


        

Answer 1

You're looking for casecmp. It returns 0 if two strings are equal, case-insensitively.

str1.casecmp(str2) == 0

"Apple".casecmp("APPLE") == 0
#=> true

Alternatively, you can convert both strings to lower case (str.downcase) and compare for equality.