"set ic" command in vim results in non matching of pattern

Question

VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3

I am using the above version of vim. I search for ALWays_ff and there's no match. If I search always_ff, I get a match. I am baffled..

Answer 1

try

:set scs?

to see have you enable the smartcase mode, if so, it will override ignorecase setting when you input upper case word

For more info, type :h smartcase