Character.GetDirectionality Method
Definition
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Overloads
| GetDirectionality(Int32) |
Returns the Unicode directionality property for the given character (Unicode code point). |
| GetDirectionality(Char) |
Returns the Unicode directionality property for the given character. |
GetDirectionality(Int32)
Returns the Unicode directionality property for the given character (Unicode code point).
[Android.Runtime.Register("getDirectionality", "(I)B", "")]
public static sbyte GetDirectionality (int codePoint);[<Android.Runtime.Register("getDirectionality", "(I)B", "")>]
static member GetDirectionality : int -> sbyteParameters
- codePoint
- Int32
the character (Unicode code point) for which the directionality property is requested.
Returns
the directionality property of the character.
- Attributes
Remarks
Returns the Unicode directionality property for the given character (Unicode code point). Character directionality is used to calculate the visual ordering of text. The directionality value of undefined character is #DIRECTIONALITY_UNDEFINED.
Added in 1.5.
Java documentation for java.lang.Character.getDirectionality(int).
Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.
Applies to
GetDirectionality(Char)
Returns the Unicode directionality property for the given character.
[Android.Runtime.Register("getDirectionality", "(C)B", "")]
public static sbyte GetDirectionality (char ch);[<Android.Runtime.Register("getDirectionality", "(C)B", "")>]
static member GetDirectionality : char -> sbyteParameters
- ch
- Char
char for which the directionality property
is requested.
Returns
the directionality property of the char value.
- Attributes
Remarks
Returns the Unicode directionality property for the given character. Character directionality is used to calculate the visual ordering of text. The directionality value of undefined char values is DIRECTIONALITY_UNDEFINED.
<b>Note:</b> This method cannot handle supplementary characters. To support all Unicode characters, including supplementary characters, use the #getDirectionality(int) method.
Added in 1.4.
Java documentation for java.lang.Character.getDirectionality(char).
Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.