quietcricket

-(float)compareString:(NSString *)originalString withString:(NSString *)comparisonString
{
	// Normalize strings
	[originalString stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];
	[comparisonString stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];

	originalString = [originalString lowercaseString];
	comparisonString = [comparisonString lowercaseString];

	// Step 1 (Steps follow description at http://www.merriampark.com/ld.htm)