String comparison problem

Grasshopper
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Hi all,

I’ve run into a issue in comparing strings. As you can see below, comparing or finding member index don’t give me correct results.

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These texts are extracted from Excel data I’m using, and I’m wondering if there’s a way to get right results in “Member Index”.
Please check the attached Grasshopper file for you to look at.
Thank you!

Dongyeopstring comparison.gh (11.0 KB)

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Can I get any clues how I can go around this issue? I’m basically trying to get the index of matching item from a given set. If there’s another way to do so, that would be great!

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you have an extra hidden character at the end of many of the strings in the second set. I’d recommend using Find Similar Member rather than member index - or alternately trim your strings before processing.

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Thank you Andrew!! You saved me again. I had no idea about hidden characters. How can I know if there’re hidden characters, when they’re not shown in the panel component?

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I used the “Characters” component to separate each character into its own string

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Oh I see. Now I can seem them. Thanks a lot!