Case Insenstive search an array

[BrightSoul]

Hi,
I got this string array and I have to find out whether a value is inside that array or not. The simplest solution is to use the static method .indexOf()

Array.indexOf(new string[] {"one","two","three"},"two")

Unfortunately, the search seems to be case sensitive, which I don't want. For instance, the value "Two" wont' be found:
Array.indexOf(new string[] {"one","two","three"},"Two")

I need either to make all the elements lowercase, or to perform a search that is case insenstive. How to do this?

Thanks in advance, bye

[brown monkey]

i don't know if this is the best way but you can try

"Two".ToLower() 

[BrightSoul]

Thanks for replying, but I probably didnt explained it well:

I dont know if the array elements are lower or upper case. In this case:

Array.indexOf(new string[] {"OnE","tWo","ThRee"},"Two".toLower())

my "two" element won't be still found

[brown monkey]

i'm no expert but what about looping to the array?

         string[] s={"OnE","tWo","ThRee"};
         for(int i=0;i<s.Length;i++) s[i]=s[i].ToLower();
         MessageBox.Show(Array.IndexOf(s,"two".ToLower()).ToString()); 

[BrightSoul]

thanks brown monkey
I think there's no way other than iterate thru the elements then.
byee

[powdir]

Should do a case-insensitive find for you

int i = Array.BinarySearch(
new  string[]{"one", "two", "three"},"tWo",System.Collections.CaseInsensitiveComparer.Default); 

[BrightSoul]

nice! it's working good
thanks!