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How to make a List Box() case sensitive?

msharp

How do you make a list box case sensitive? For example I want the following script to show all five items except it will only show the first item.

list = {AAA,aaa,AaA,AAa,aaA};

New Window("Example", ListBox( list ));

Each item is distinct, and would be understood by the end user. Please help!

Accepted answers

Audrey_Shull

This thread is rather old, but i want to share how it was resolved in JMP 13 and later for anyone else looking for similar issues. Listbox() can now be sent messages << get case sensitive and << set case sensitive. The default has been changed to be case-sensitive, but now either case could be handled as needed.

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ian_jmp

Maybe this is intended behaviour, but it looks more like a bug to me - Please do send an email to support@jmp.com which is one way into the formal Tech Support system.

As a workaround you could try the approach below. Depending on details, you may also need 'Trim()' to recover the user selection(s):

NamesDefaultToHere(1);

trailingSpaces =

Function({inList}, {DefaultLocal},

outList = {};

For(i=1, i<=NItems(inList), i++, InsertInto(outList, inList[i]||Repeat(" ", i)));

outList;

);

listOfAs = {"aaa", "AAA", "AaA"};

New Window("Example", ListBox( trailingSpaces(listOfAs) ));

pmroz

I had to do something similar, so I prefaced every entry with a number. When it comes time to use the selection, strip off the number using WORDS or SUBSTR.

list = {"1. AAA","2. aaa","3. AaA","4. AAa","5. aaA"};

New Window("Example", ListBox( list ));

msharp

Thanks guys, I was using a solution similar to PMroz using an associative array before and after to to fix the list. WORDS or SUBSTR, always tended to have issues if the data set was complex. However, I've replaced the number list with the trailingSpaces script above which helps reduce clutter in the UI. Thanks for the idea.

Additional info:

I reported this to tech support and they have responded saying this was an unexpected use of the list box() function and they are going to have it fixed in future versions. Here's to hoping it will make it to patch 12.2.

Wendy_Murphrey

Just to clarify, I agree that this looks like a case that was not considered. The issue has been reported to the JMP Development team for consideration in a future release of JMP. As this behavior has been in place for many releases, the development team must carefully consider making such a change due to possible effects on existing scripts.

Kind regards,

Wendy

Audrey_Shull