String Compare() Method - case insensitive/ ignore case
The .NET C# developers can compare two specified String objects using the String class’s Compare() method. The String Compare() method returns an integer that indicates their relative position in the sort order. This method is overloaded.
String Compare(String, String, Boolean) method overload compares two specified String objects by ignoring or honoring their case. So we can use this overloaded method to compare two string objects by ignoring case (case insensitive String comparison).
This overloaded method requires three parameters. First, two parameters are two String objects those we need to compare. And third parameter is a Boolean value. We must set the Boolean parameter value to True when we need to ignore the case during comparison. Or we must set the Boolean parameter value to False to respect the case during String comparison.
If the method returned integer is less than zero, then the first String (strA) is less than the second String (strB). If it returns zero, then two specified Strings are equal. And if the return value is greater than zero, then the first String is greater than the second string.
The following ASP.NET C# example code demonstrates to us how can we compare two Strings by ignoring their case.
CompareIgnoreCase.aspx
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<script runat="server">
protected void page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
if(!this.IsPostBack)
{
TextBox1.Text = "Jones";
TextBox2.Text = "jones";
}
}
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
string testString1 = TextBox1.Text.ToString();
string testString2 = TextBox2.Text.ToString();
int result = string.Compare(testString1, testString2,true);
Label1.Text = "";
if(result == 0)
{
Label1.Text += "Two strings are equal";
}
else if(result == 1)
{
Label1.Text += "Test String1 is greater than Test String2";
}
else if (result == -1)
{
Label1.Text += "Test String1 is less than Test String2";
}
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>How to compare two string in asp.net (case insensitive/ ignore case)</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<h2 style="color:Navy">asp.net string example: Compare() [Ignore case]</h2>
<asp:Label
ID="Label1"
runat="server"
Font-Size="Large"
ForeColor="HotPink"
Font-Bold="true"
Font-Italic="true"
>
</asp:Label>
<br /><br />
<asp:Label
ID="Label2"
runat="server"
Text="Test String1"
ForeColor="DodgerBlue"
>
</asp:Label>
<asp:TextBox
ID="TextBox1"
runat="server"
BackColor="DodgerBlue"
ForeColor="Snow"
>
</asp:TextBox>
<br />
<asp:Label
ID="Label3"
runat="server"
Text="Test String2"
ForeColor="DodgerBlue"
>
</asp:Label>
<asp:TextBox
ID="TextBox2"
runat="server"
BackColor="DodgerBlue"
ForeColor="Snow"
>
</asp:TextBox>
<br /><br />
<asp:Button
ID="Button1"
runat="server"
OnClick="Button1_Click"
Font-Bold="true"
Text="Compare"
ForeColor="DodgerBlue"
/>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
