[REBOL] Re: Case comparison?
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 14-Oct-2001 16:30
Hi, Hallvard,
Hallvard Ystad wrote:
> But then:
> >> a-string: "STRING"
> == "STRING"
> >> type? first next a-string
> == char!
> >> (first next a-string) = #"t"
> == false
> >> (first next a-string) = #"T"
> == true
>
> Is char! not considered a string-based datatype?
>
To the best of my knowledge, no.
String-based datatypes include those whose values are really
strings with special semantics, such as URLs, filenames, and
email addresses, AFAIK.
-jn-
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