Make condition ignore capslock?

Question

How to make condition ignore capslock? I want to chang the:

if ( Name.contains ( layout.txtName.getText ().toString () ) )

and make it ignore the caps.

case R.id.Contane:
            if (Name.contains(layout.txtName.getText().toString()))
            {
                AlertDialog.Builder alert = new AlertDialog.Builder(MainActivity.this);

                alert.setTitle("this is the first resulet for the name that you typed");

                alert.setMessage("The contact "+Name+" was found in this phone... yaah");

                alert.setPositiveButton("ok",new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

                    @Override

                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialogInterface, int i)
                    {


                    }

                });
                alert.show();
                Found = true;
                break;

what do you mean by ignore capslock? Do you mean to check it with case-insensitivity? — Rohit Jain, Sep 17 '13 at 16:30
possible duplicate of [String contains - ignore case](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14018478/string-contains-ignore-case) — Marcelo, Sep 17 '13 at 16:31
no imean like if ihave contact and hes name is:"Asaf" so ican type in the edittext: "asaf" and it will find the contact: "Asaf" — , Sep 17 '13 at 16:32
Also I don't think you need to use `toString()` in a method that I think return a `String` — Diego C Nascimento, Sep 17 '13 at 16:49

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 17 '13 at 16:31

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There is a method in the String library called equalsIgnoreCase(), with this you can ignore caps lock.

You also have the method toLowerCase() which turns caps locks to lower case.

answered Sep 17 '13 at 16:31

Arash Saidi

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Tarsem Singh · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-17T16:39:03.817

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Try toLowerCase()

if ( Name.toLowerCase().contains ( layout.txtName.getText ().toString ().toLowerCase()))

Example:

if("Abc".toLowerCase().contains("a".toLowerCase()))
    System.out.print("Success");

Output:

Success

edited Sep 17 '13 at 16:39

answered Sep 17 '13 at 16:31

Tarsem Singh

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remember: Name.toLowerCase().contains – Arash Saidi Sep 17 '13 at 16:32

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 17 '13 at 16:32

Try:

if (Name.toLowerCase().contains(layout.txtName.getText().toString().toLowerCase()))

Unfortunately there is no containsIgnoreCase method.

Also, but off-topic you might want to:

Check for nulls
Use Java coding conventions and rename Name to name

Make condition ignore capslock?

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