case insensitive: Which tree to bark up?

malaga has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I need to make this comparison case insensitive. Can I do it anywhere within this statement? Thanks.

foreach $ref ( @products ) 
{
    if ($ref->{prodname} =~ ($value))

        {
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(MeowChow) Re: case insensitive: Which tree to bark up? by MeowChow (Vicar) on May 27, 2002 at 02:59 UTC
`if (lc($ref->{prodname}) eq lc($value)) ...` unless you actually need to do a partial match, for which case: `if ($ref->{prodname} =~ /\Q$value/i) ...` MeowChow s aamecha.s a..a\u$&owag.print	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: case insensitive: Which tree to bark up? by malaga (Pilgrim) on May 27, 2002 at 07:36 UTC
Thank you. What about on the hash side? How can I make that case insensitive?	[reply]
(MeowChow) Re2: case insensitive: Which tree to bark up? by MeowChow (Vicar) on May 27, 2002 at 08:33 UTC
Look into Tie::CPHash, or simply lc all your hash keys as you use them. MeowChow s aamecha.s a..a\u$&owag.print	[reply]
Re: case insensitive: Which tree to bark up? by malaga (Pilgrim) on May 27, 2002 at 09:43 UTC
Thank you, I'll check it out.	[reply]