procedure TForm1.TempFindMatch(dictWord: String);
{check dictionary word against user word and see if they match
string comparison routines can be a little unpredictable in
Delphi -you SHOULD be able to say if StrOne = StrTwo then ...
(where both StrOne and StrTwo are String types that is) but
sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't. Converting
string to PChar types and using StrComp() DOES work though}
var
userWordPC,dictWordPC: PChar;
compResult: Integer;
begin
userWordPC := 'tree';
dictWordPC := PChar(dictWord);
compResult := StrComp(userWordPC, dictWordPC);
if (compResult = 0) then
begin
ShowMessage('match found for tree');
end;
end;