From: Chris H
Subject: equality (equal) problem....
Date: 
Message-ID: <2CQr4.9526$_e7.374982@news1.sshe1.sk.home.com>
Hi all..
This is what I ahve been trying.....

>(equal (car `("ZO" "DO")) (car `("zo" "do")))
NIL


"ZO" are just the capital letters of "zo"
and the result from "equal" is NIL

Is there anyway to show that they are equal ?

thanks...I am  really stuck

chris

From: Chris H
Subject: Re: equality (equal) problem....
Date: 
Message-ID: <xgYr4.9594$_e7.377979@news1.sshe1.sk.home.com>
thanks all.......porblem solved

Chris


Chris H <···············@NOJUNKhome.com> wrote in message
··························@news1.sshe1.sk.home.com...
> Hi all..
> This is what I ahve been trying.....
>
> >(equal (car `("ZO" "DO")) (car `("zo" "do")))
> NIL
>
>
> "ZO" are just the capital letters of "zo"
> and the result from "equal" is NIL
>
> Is there anyway to show that they are equal ?
>
> thanks...I am  really stuck
>
> chris
>
>
From: Rainer Joswig
Subject: Re: equality (equal) problem....
Date: 
Message-ID: <rainer.joswig-63DB63.13150620022000@news.is-europe.net>
In article <·····················@news1.sshe1.sk.home.com>, "Chris H" 
<···············@NOJUNKhome.com> wrote:

> Hi all..
> This is what I ahve been trying.....
> 
> >(equal (car `("ZO" "DO")) (car `("zo" "do")))
> NIL
> 
> 
> "ZO" are just the capital letters of "zo"
> and the result from "equal" is NIL
> 
> Is there anyway to show that they are equal ?

(equalp (car `("ZO" "DO")) (car `("zo" "do")))

> thanks...I am  really stuck

See:

http://www.harlequin.com/support/books/HyperSpec/Body/fun_equalp.html

Rainer Joswig, ISION Internet AG, Harburger Schlossstra�e 1, 
21079 Hamburg, Germany, Tel: +49 40 77175 226
Email: ·············@ision.de , WWW: http://www.ision.de/
From: Tor Henrik Hanken
Subject: Re: equality (equal) problem....
Date: 
Message-ID: <m3k8k0cbdz.fsf@wooster.localdomain>
[Chris H.]

| "ZO" are just the capital letters of "zo"
| and the result from "equal" is NIL
| 
| Is there anyway to show that they are equal ?

use STRING-EQUAL.
-- 
best wishes, 

Tor Henrik Hanken