Case Insensitive Array Search

[LordLothar]

My question is simple, I want to search a string in an array and it must not be case sensitive.

private static String arraySearch (String[] myArray)
{

    Arrays.sort(myArray,String.CASE\_INSENSITIVE\_ORDER);
	String name="";
	int index = Arrays.binarySearch(myArray, "java");
	
	name = "Found Java at: " + index;
	return name;
}

Above is just a procedure, the array list is stated in main method. How can I search a word that ignore case sensitive whether its lower or upper case?

[fly904]

private int arraySearch(String[] haystack, String needle)
{
//index -1 incase it is not found.
int index = -1;

//To stop the loop is the String is found.
boolean run\_i = true;

//Go through the entire array.
for (int i = 0; i < haystack.length && run\_i; i++)
{
	//If both lowercase match
	if(haystack\[i\].trim().toLowerCase().equals(needle.trim().toLowerCase()))
	{
		//Set the index of which the String was found.
		index = i;
		
		//String found so stop loop.
		run\_i = false;
	}
}

//Return the index of the 
return index;

}

ps. I wrote this on the fly so it may have errors but it is the general idea.

hmmm pie