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From: Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com>
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On Saturday 22 June 2013 22:46:51 christhecomic@gmail.com did opine:

> Writing simple program asking a question with the answer being
> "yes"...how do I allow the correct answer if user types Yes, yes, or
> YES?
> 
> Thanks

AND each character coming in from the keyboard with $DF before adding it to 
the comparison buffer.  Makes it all uppercase.  Then compare it to the 
uppercase YES.

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