Compares two paths with options to ignore different casing and different slashes.

Syntax

ComparePaths( path1, path2, [case_insensitive, slash_insensitive] )

Arguments

• path1 (string): The first path.
• path2 (string): The second path.
• case_insensitive (boolean): Whether or not the comparison is case insensitive.
  • Optional, defaults to true.
• slash_insensitive (boolean): Whether or not the comparison is slash insensitive.
  • Optional, defaults to true.

Return Values

• (boolean): Whether the paths match.

Examples

-- Result is true
local Result = ComparePaths("art\\cars\\famil_v.p3d", "art/cars/famil_v.p3d")

-- Result is false, the capitalization is different.
local Result = ComparePaths("ART\\CARS\\FAMIL_V.p3d", "art/cars/famil_v.p3d", false)

-- Result is false, the slashes are different.
local Result = ComparePaths("ART\\CARS\\FAMIL_V.p3d", "ART/CARS/FAMIL_V.p3d", true, false)

Version History

Version 1.19

Fixed an issue where the ComparePaths function was always case sensitive and always slash sensitive.