Qt How to compare a text from textEdit

Question

I have two QTextEdit objects. In my first QTextEdit object, I have set the text. In my second QTextEdit object, I have to type in the text.

I want to compare the two texts something like this:

if(ui->textEdit2->toPlainText() == ui->textEdit1->???)

My problem is that I don't know which method to use.

@Andrew Medico : Sorry, I did this accidentally. – potashin Jun 21 '14 at 18:45 — potashin, Jun 21 '14 at 18:45

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 30 '14 at 22:34

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if(ui->textEdit2->toPlainText() == ui->textEdit1->toPlainText())

answered Apr 30 '14 at 22:34

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 03 '14 at 09:46

Q: My problem is that I don't know which function I need to use....

I am not entirely sure what makes you think this would require a different method call than for your other `textEdit2. You have at least two ways to achieve this depending on your need.

The first variant would be to simply use the same method call for textEdit1 as the for textEdit2, namely:

if (ui->textEdit1->toPlainText() == ui->textEdit2->toPlainText())

Note that I swapped the order as I think it reads better and it is more comprehensive that way. It may be just my personal style, so pardon me.

If you would like to do case insensitive comparison, then you could also write the following using the static compare method of the QString class.

if (!QString::compare(ui->textEdit1->toPlainText(), ui->textEdit2->toPlainText(), Qt::CaseInsensitive))

The first solution would be too limited to do a case insensitive comparison, so pick your solution based on your exact desire.

Qt How to compare a text from textEdit

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