Ruby string compare regardless of string case

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Hi

I need to check for

"Apple" = "Apple" TRUE
"Apple" = "APPLE" TRUE
"Apple" =  "Apple1" FALSE

in ruby

I need a string comparison but for the check to not be case sensitive.

thks

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