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karmic citrus Sep 18, 2023, 12:33 AM

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So I have this problem with needing to make the if loop for first-name not case sensitive meaning entering Diane or Mike in any case would allow for the discount to be true. Any idea how to do that?

misty orchidBOT Sep 18, 2023, 12:33 AM

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flint topaz Sep 18, 2023, 1:06 AM

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I take it you haven't heard of equalsIgnoreCase?

karmic citrus Sep 18, 2023, 1:08 AM

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we havent learned it yet

flint topaz Sep 18, 2023, 1:09 AM

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without it it's going to be hard

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Heard about how to make methods?

karmic citrus Sep 18, 2023, 1:10 AM

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i dont think ive heard of that

flint topaz Sep 18, 2023, 1:10 AM

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ah, toLowerCase() or toUpperCase() maybe?

karmic citrus Sep 18, 2023, 1:11 AM

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yeah

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that ive heard of

flint topaz Sep 18, 2023, 1:11 AM

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okay so that's how

karmic citrus Sep 18, 2023, 1:14 AM

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so uh how do we do it

flint topaz Sep 18, 2023, 1:14 AM

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So you've heard, but you don't know how to use it?

karmic citrus Sep 18, 2023, 1:17 AM

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oh uh i know how to use it

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well ok fair enough i see what youre getting at

flint topaz Sep 18, 2023, 1:18 AM

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I need to go to sleep, but I'll remind you that Strings can't be compared with ==

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(Well, it does something that is absolutely not what you're interested in doing)

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