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Case Sensitivity (Delphi and Corel Paradox Cross Reference Guide)

By Mike Prestwood

Delphi versus Corel Paradox: A side by side comparison between Delphi and Corel Paradox.

Language Basics

Language basics is kind of a catch all for absolute beginner stuff. The items (common names) I chose for language basics is a bit random and include items like case sensitivity, commenting, declaring variables, etc.

Case Sensitivity

[Other Languages]

Languages Focus

Case sensitiviy in this case is referring to commands and variable names. For example, are "printf" and "PrintF" equivalent? Are fullname and FullName equivalent? When you create commands, operations, methods, or variables should you worry about case?

Delphi: No

Object Pascal is generally not case sensitive.

Syntax Example: 1 certification question.

Variables and commands are not case sensitive.

var
 FullName: String;
begin
 fullname := 'Mike Prestwood';
 ShowMessage(fullNAME);
 SHOWMESSAGE(FULLNAME);
 showmessage(fullname);

end;

Camel versus Pascal Casing

Corel Paradox: No

ObjectPAL is not case sensitive. My preference for ObjectPAL is to follow the camel casing promoted in the examples and help files originally developed by Borland.

Syntax Example: 1 certification question.

All of the following are equivalent:

msgInfo "", "Hello"

MsgInfo "", "Hello"

msginfo "", "Hello"

MSGINFO "", "Hello"

Variables are not case sensitive.

Var
 FullName String
endVar

fullname="Mike Prestwood"
msgInfo("", fullNAME)

Camel Casing