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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Censoring Words - Using String Equality

Vincent Karcz
Vincent Karcz
307 Points
Posted by Vincent Karcz
Vincent Karcz
307 Points

Why does IgnoreCase not have to abide by camel case?

When using the if (noun.equalsIgnoreCase("dork")) In any other instance, not using camel case will break the code. Why is IgnoreCase an acceptian?

1 Answer

Luke Maslany
Luke Maslany
3,558 Points
Luke Maslany
Luke Maslany
3,558 Points

The purpose of the equalsIgnoreCase method is to compare the strings without consideration to capitalisation of the letters in that string. It is explicitly designed to be blind to camel case.

Apologies if I’ve misunderstood the question you are asking.

Vincent Karcz
Vincent Karcz
307 Points
Vincent Karcz
Vincent Karcz
307 Points

That answers the question, thank you Luke. As a follow up question, are there other instances of blinding camel case?