Thanks much Jon. That is just what I need.
Stan
On 9/15/2020 4:03 PM, Jon Peck wrote:
> There is no such setting,but you can use the lower function:
> SELECT IF lower(VAR1) EQ lower(VAR2)
>
> (or upper if you prefer)
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 4:52 PM Stan Gorodenski <
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> Is there a setting one can make so that the case of a character of a
> string variable is ignored when executing logic statements? For
> example,
> if var1='This is' and var2='this is' I would like the case to be
> ignored
> if I have a statement like SELECT IF VAR1 EQ VAR2. I would like to
> still
> retain the case of the characters of a variable when I write it
> out to a
> text file. I have checked the SET statements and the Options that
> is a
> choice under Edit. I am running ver 21.
> Stan
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