What are JScript's case sensitivity rules?
I am using ScriptControlClass for reference and I thought JScript is case sensitive ... However my user base surprised me ... I have several methods that I have provided to users in all the top ones like: IF, EMPTY, AGE, PARSE etc.
Okay, today a user filed a defect that issampgroup was not working. I researched and informed the user that the ISSAMPGROUP function and that it works correctly ... The user replied, all other functions except IF worked in lowercase. So I ran a quick test and all but 5 of my functions work in a case insensitive manner. I was very surprised to see the age and age, as well as all the other options for working and working properly. Below is an example of how my functions are declared and I have verified that the Jscript function calls my C # every time ...
this.scriptEngine.AddCode (@ "function AGE (birthDate) {return cmd.Age (birthDate);};");
this.scriptEngine.AddCode (@ "function ISSAMPGROUP (value) {return cmd.IsSampleGroup (value);};");
Which leaves me confused as to why some functions work in a case-insensitive way and others don't. For example, AGE is case insensitive, but ISSAMPGROUP is case sensitive.
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The answer to this question is pretty simple: JavaScript is case sensitive, but browser vendors may choose to implement their JavaScript engine in a way that makes it more forgiving where possible.
So you should treat JavaScript as very case sensitive and anything that works with the wrong case should still be fixed as the engines from vendor to vendor script may differ and may not work in all browsers, only the most forgiving browsers ...
You also pointed out how ALL CAPS are not very good at denoting things, especially with acronyms.
function IsSampleGroup
Easier to read than
function ISSAMPGROUP
The reason why some might work and others might not be limited to naming conflicts i.e. is there any other similar object in JavaScript. MyVariable and myVariable and MYVARIABLE.
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