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JavaScript

Posted by Christopher Stuart
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Christopher Stuart
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 27,771 Points

To Upper Case vs To Lower Case

I notice that Dave uses toUpperCase() in all of the videos but couldn't you use toLowerCase() as well for comparisons of variables. Didn't know if there was a method behind the madness or either way would be okay.

2 Answers

Mohammed Yehia
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Mohammed Yehia
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Mohammed Yehia
Mohammed Yehia
Courses Plus Student 9,255 Points

either way would be the same

Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
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Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
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In the middle of typing my response, I actually found this old forum post, where Dave answers a similar question: https://teamtreehouse.com/community/equally-good-to-use-tolowercase-instead-of-touppercase