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[H4X0RZ]

Hi all,
I want to compare two strings
I need It for my OS cuz It have two login systems (one with the http API (mysql) and one with user data on the computer). So, or the second oneI need to compare two SHA1 Hashs
how can I do that?

[Sammich Lord]

if 'stringTest1' == 'stringText1' then
  print('they match')
else
  print('they don't match')
end

[theoriginalbit]

Sammich Lord, on 22 April 2013 - 04:27 AM, said:

print('they don't match')

BUGFIX:

print("they don't match")

[H4X0RZ]

Sammich Lord, on 22 April 2013 - 04:27 AM, said:

if 'stringTest1' == 'stringText1' then
  print('they match')
else
  print('they don't match')
end

Thx

[Sammich Lord]

theoriginalbit, on 22 April 2013 - 04:30 AM, said:

Sammich Lord, on 22 April 2013 - 04:27 AM, said:

print('they don't match')

BUGFIX:

print("they don't match")

I just came home from my girlfriend's house when it is 49F outside. I am could and tired I should stop coming on Ask A Pro at 8AM...

[SuicidalSTDz]

Sammich Lord, on 22 April 2013 - 04:33 AM, said:

I am could and tired

Nice grammar

local function check(firstStr, secStr)
 if firstStr ~= secStr then
  return false
 end
 return true
end

Everything is better with functions

[Espen]

Since SHA1 is case-insensitive, I'd add to the above:

if string.lower(hash1) == string.lower(hash2) then
  print('they match')
else
  print('they don\'t match')
end

string.lower(), as you might guess, makes every letter lowercase and in the example above I do that with both hashes.
This makes sure that both are lowercase, which essentially means that we eliminated any case-differences.

[Sammich Lord]

SuicidalSTDz, on 22 April 2013 - 05:16 AM, said:

Sammich Lord, on 22 April 2013 - 04:33 AM, said:

I am could and tired

Nice grammar

*Cold. That just shows how much I suck at spelling at 8AM

[theoriginalbit]

SuicidalSTDz, on 22 April 2013 - 05:16 AM, said:

local function check(firstStr, secStr)
if firstStr ~= secStr then
  return false
end
return true
end

Everything is better with functions

Why not just

local function check(firstStr, secStr)
  return firstStr == secStr
end

One of my pet peeves is when people use an if statement to then only return a boolean, just return the if statements condition!!!

[SuicidalSTDz]

theoriginalbit, on 22 April 2013 - 05:20 AM, said:

One of my pet peeves is when people use an if statement to then only return a boolean, just return the if statements condition!!!

Hehe, I'll have to remember that (Not to annoy you of course, I would never do that )

EDIT: The if statement was for the OP, so he wouldn't be confused