Why should I convert a string to upper case when comparing?

Question

I constantly read about it being a good practise to convert a string to upper case (I think Hanselman mentioned this on his blog a long time ago), when that string is to be compared against another (which should also be converted to upper case).

What is the benefit of this? Why should I do this (or are there any cases when I shouldn't)?

Thanks

Answer 1

no, you should be using the enum option that allows for case insenstive comparisson (string comparison).

Make sure to use that overload of the comparison method you are using i.e. String.Compare, String.Equals