How can I detect a string regardless of capitalization

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#1

  1. What do you want to achieve?
    So i have a ui with a TextBox that detects strings and depending on what is said it does a certain action

  2. What is the issue?
    I can only detect that arent capitalizated

  3. What solutions have you tried so far?
    I tried putting or “HELP” but that still wouldnt detect strings like “HeLP” etc

here is a video of this issue


(ignore the close, mini/maximise buttons i never fixed them)

here is part of the code that controls this, i have explained some parts just in case 
textBox.Changed:Connect(function()
	textBox.Text = textBox.Text:sub(1,265)
end)

local function onTextBoxFocusLost(enterPressed, inputObject)
	if enterPressed then
		local help = "help" -- this is what is used to detect the strings saying help
		local _string = "" --detects spaces, removed for post cuz its very long
		if _string:match(textBox.Text) then --if the string contains ___ then
			local newFrame = script.Parent:Clone()
			newFrame.Parent = script.Parent.Parent
			newFrame.TextBox.Text = ""
			local newText = script.Parent.TextBoxDup
			newText.Visible = true
			newText.Text = textBox.Text
			textBox:CaptureFocus()
			textBox:Destroy()
		elseif help:match(textBox.Text) then --if the string contains ___ then
			local helpoutput = script.Parent.Parent.OutputHelp:Clone()
			helpoutput.Parent = script.Parent.Parent
			helpoutput.Visible = true
			local helplist = script.Parent.Parent.HelpList:Clone()
			helplist.Parent = script.Parent.Parent
			helplist.Visible = true
			local newFrame = script.Parent:Clone()
			newFrame.Parent = script.Parent.Parent
			newFrame.TextBox.Text = ""
			local newText = script.Parent.TextBoxDup
			newText.Visible = true
			newText.Text = textBox.Text
			textBox:CaptureFocus()
			textBox:Destroy()
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#2

use string.lower(string)
or string.upper()

#3

You just have to use string.lower it turns all the capital letters into their smaller form. You can also use string.upper but its less popular.

A little example

local function findThing(t, p)
  for i, v in t do
    if v:lower() == p then
      return i
    end
  end
end

local t = {
  'Help!'
}

print(findThing(t, 'help')) -- 1
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#4

using string.lower gives me the same issue and string.upper is the same but only HELP works

#5

this is kinda of confusing me lol, any chance that you can shove this into the script i showed above?

#6

You may have to use string.lower on both strings to get it.

string1:lower() == string2:lower()
#7

misunderstood string.lower and used it wrong, got it working now thanks