console.log("1" == 1) // This returns true, they're the same value, regardless of their type
console.log("abc" == "ABC") // These are different, since different cases
console.log("abc" == "ABC".toLowerCase()) // This converts ABC to lowercase and hence returns true
console.log("1" === 1) // "1" and 1 are the same value but different types ("1" is a string, a piece of text, while 1 is a number, and so this returns false
// But now it becomes funky because...
console.log(true == 1) // This returns true...
// And fun fact
console.log({} == {}) // Returns false because referring to an object actually refers to its pointer in memory, rather than the object itself

<[1] strictly = [1] :: operators>

eoeoeoeoeoeoeoeoe wrote:

What is a good workaround for “item # of ()” block since it is not case-sensitive?

define item # of (string1) in list
set [result v] to [0] //keep track of the item in the list
if <[list v] contains (string1)> then
repeat until <(item (result) of [list v]) = (string1)> 
change [result v] by (1)
end
end

set case sensitivity to [case sensitive v] :: operators stack

medians wrote:

eoeoeoeoeoeoeoeoe wrote:

What is a good workaround for “item # of ()” block since it is not case-sensitive?

If you mean the index block that was added in 3.0, you can do this for a workaround:

define item # of (string1) in list
set [result v] to [0] //keep track of the item in the list
if <[list v] contains (string1)> then
repeat until <(item (result) of [list v]) = (string1)> 
change [result v] by (1)
end
end

The contains part is to make sure that the result var is 0
However, the contains list block is case insensitive in Scratch 2.0 and later, and the equals block is case insensitive too, so you can use something like this (the following works because of the fact that costumes are case sensitive):
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/10213040/

jmdzti_0-0 wrote:

This has already been suggested (Dupe)

medians wrote:

jmdzti_0-0 wrote:

This has already been suggested (Dupe)

You created that 4 years after this topic though
Edit: I meant to type 5

set case sensitivity to [case-sensitive v]::sensing

turbo mode [on v]::control

HighlaneGamingStudio wrote:

I'm trying to make CVEDS (Cloud Variable Encoding/Decoding System) and I made the whole program, thinking that it was case-sensitive, only to find out that it wasn't. When I typed in Hello world! it gave me hHeElLoO wWoOrRlLdD! I think that

set case sensitivity to [case-sensitive v]::sensing

should be added, along with

turbo mode [on v]::control

<[] is capital? :: operators>

<[a] [= v] [A]>

<[a] [== v] [A]>

CaptainPeter wrote:

Strict equals (false):

<[a] [== v] [A]>

<not <[] = []>>

medians wrote:

Separate suggestions should go in separate topics.
The first one was suggested earlier, while the other one has been suggested here:
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/933/

HighlaneGamingStudio wrote:

I'm trying to make CVEDS (Cloud Variable Encoding/Decoding System) and I made the whole program, thinking that it was case-sensitive, only to find out that it wasn't. When I typed in Hello world! it gave me hHeElLoO wWoOrRlLdD! I think that

set case sensitivity to [case-sensitive v]::sensing

should be added.

• An option in custom blocks, similar to run without screen refresh option, to make the contents of the block run scripts case-sensitively.
  

• An option in the edit section of the menu bar in the editor, similar to turbo mode, to toggle case sensitivity for the entire project.
  

• An option to make specific sprites case-sensitive.