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Symbol#casecmp() : casecmp() is a Symbol class method which checks for the case-insensitive version of Symbol
Syntax: Symbol.casecmp() Parameter: Symbol values Return: the case-insensitive version of Symbol
Example #1 : Ruby
# Ruby code for Symbol.casecmp() method

# declaring Symbol 
a = :aBcDeF

# declaring Symbol
b = :"\u{e4 f6 fc}"

# declaring Symbol
c = :ABCDEF

# Symbol 
puts "Symbol a : #{a}\n\n"
puts "Symbol b : #{b}\n\n"
puts "Symbol c : #{c}\n\n\n\n"


# casecmp form 
puts "Symbol a casecmp form : #{a.casecmp(:aBcDeF)}\n\n"
puts "Symbol b casecmp form : #{b.casecmp(:"\u{e4 f6 fc}")}\n\n"
puts "Symbol c casecmp form : #{c.casecmp(:abcd)}\n\n"
Output :
Symbol a : aBcDeF

Symbol b : äöü

Symbol c : ABCDEF



Symbol a casecmp form : 0

Symbol b casecmp form : 0

Symbol c casecmp form : 1

Example #2 : Ruby
# Ruby code for Symbol.casecmp() method

# declaring Symbol 
a = :geeks

# declaring Symbol
b = :"\u{e5 f6 f3}"

# declaring Symbol
c = :GEEKS

# Symbol 
puts "Symbol a : #{a}\n\n"
puts "Symbol b : #{b}\n\n"
puts "Symbol c : #{c}\n\n\n\n"


# casecmp form 
puts "Symbol a casecmp form : #{a.casecmp(:gEEks)}\n\n"
puts "Symbol b casecmp form : #{b.casecmp(:"\u{e5 f6 f3}")}\n\n"
puts "Symbol c casecmp form : #{c.casecmp(:GGGG)}\n\n"
Output :
Symbol a : geeks

Symbol b : åöó

Symbol c : GEEKS



Symbol a casecmp form : 0

Symbol b casecmp form : 0

Symbol c casecmp form : -1


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