StringComparer.InvariantCulture Property
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Gets a StringComparer object that performs a case-sensitive string comparison using the word comparison rules of the invariant culture.
Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Shared ReadOnly Property InvariantCulture As StringComparer
public static StringComparer InvariantCulture { get; }
Property Value
Type: System.StringComparer
A new StringComparer object.
Remarks
The StringComparer returned by the InvariantCulture property compares strings in a linguistically relevant manner, but it is not suitable for display in any particular culture. Its major application is to order strings in a way that will be identical across cultures.
The invariant culture is the CultureInfo object returned by the InvariantCulture property.
The InvariantCulture property actually returns an instance of an anonymous class derived from the StringComparer class.
Examples
The following code example demonstrates the properties and the Create method of the StringComparer class. The example illustrates how different StringComparer objects sort three versions of the Latin letter I.
' This code example demonstrates members of the System.StringComparer class.
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.Threading
Class Example
Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
' Create a list of string.
Dim list As New List(Of String)
' Get the tr-TR (Turkish-Turkey) culture.
Dim turkish As New CultureInfo("tr-TR")
' Get the culture that is associated with the current thread.
Dim thisCulture As CultureInfo = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture
' Get the standard StringComparers.
Dim invCmp As StringComparer = StringComparer.InvariantCulture
Dim invICCmp As StringComparer = StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase
Dim currCmp As StringComparer = StringComparer.CurrentCulture
Dim currICCmp As StringComparer = StringComparer.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase
Dim ordCmp As StringComparer = StringComparer.Ordinal
Dim ordICCmp As StringComparer = StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase
' Create a StringComparer that uses the Turkish culture and ignores case.
Dim turkICComp As StringComparer = StringComparer.Create(turkish, True)
' Define three strings consisting of different versions of the letter I.
' LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I (U+0049)
Dim capitalLetterI As String = "I"
' LATIN SMALL LETTER I (U+0069)
Dim smallLetterI As String = "i"
' LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS I (U+0131)
Dim smallLetterDotlessI As String = "ı"
' Add the three strings to the list.
list.Add(capitalLetterI)
list.Add(smallLetterI)
list.Add(smallLetterDotlessI)
' Display the original list order.
Display(outputBlock, list, "The original order of the list entries...")
' Sort the list using the invariant culture.
list.Sort(invCmp)
Display(outputBlock, list, "Invariant culture...")
list.Sort(invICCmp)
Display(outputBlock, list, "Invariant culture, ignore case...")
' Sort the list using the current culture.
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("The current culture is ""{0}"".", thisCulture.Name) & vbCrLf
list.Sort(currCmp)
Display(outputBlock, list, "Current culture...")
list.Sort(currICCmp)
Display(outputBlock, list, "Current culture, ignore case...")
' Sort the list using the ordinal value of the character code points.
list.Sort(ordCmp)
Display(outputBlock, list, "Ordinal...")
list.Sort(ordICCmp)
Display(outputBlock, list, "Ordinal, ignore case...")
' Sort the list using the Turkish culture, which treats LATIN SMALL LETTER
' DOTLESS I differently than LATIN SMALL LETTER I.
list.Sort(turkICComp)
Display(outputBlock, list, "Turkish culture, ignore case...")
End Sub 'Main
Public Shared Sub Display(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock, ByVal lst As List(Of String), ByVal title As String)
Dim c As Char
Dim s As String
Dim codePoint As Integer
outputBlock.Text &= title & vbCrLf
For Each s In lst
c = s(0)
codePoint = Convert.ToInt32(c)
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("0x{0:x}", codePoint) & vbCrLf
Next s
outputBlock.Text &= vbCrLf
End Sub 'Display
End Class 'Sample '
'This code example produces the following results:
'
'The original order of the list entries...
'0x49
'0x69
'0x131
'
'Invariant culture...
'0x69
'0x49
'0x131
'
'Invariant culture, ignore case...
'0x49
'0x69
'0x131
'
'The current culture is "en-US".
'Current culture...
'0x69
'0x49
'0x131
'
'Current culture, ignore case...
'0x49
'0x69
'0x131
'
'Ordinal...
'0x49
'0x69
'0x131
'
'Ordinal, ignore case...
'0x69
'0x49
'0x131
'
'Turkish culture, ignore case...
'0x131
'0x49
'0x69
'
// This example demonstrates members of the
// System.StringComparer class.
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Threading;
class Example
{
public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
{
// Create a list of string.
List<string> list = new List<string>();
// Get the tr-TR (Turkish-Turkey) culture.
CultureInfo turkish = new CultureInfo("tr-TR");
// Get the culture that is associated with the current thread.
CultureInfo thisCulture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
// Get the standard StringComparers.
StringComparer invCmp = StringComparer.InvariantCulture;
StringComparer invICCmp = StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase;
StringComparer currCmp = StringComparer.CurrentCulture;
StringComparer currICCmp = StringComparer.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase;
StringComparer ordCmp = StringComparer.Ordinal;
StringComparer ordICCmp = StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase;
// Create a StringComparer that uses the Turkish culture and ignores case.
StringComparer turkICComp = StringComparer.Create(turkish, true);
// Define three strings consisting of different versions of the letter I.
// LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I (U+0049)
string capitalLetterI = "I";
// LATIN SMALL LETTER I (U+0069)
string smallLetterI = "i";
// LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS I (U+0131)
string smallLetterDotlessI = "\u0131";
// Add the three strings to the list.
list.Add(capitalLetterI);
list.Add(smallLetterI);
list.Add(smallLetterDotlessI);
// Display the original list order.
Display(outputBlock, list, "The original order of the list entries...");
// Sort the list using the invariant culture.
list.Sort(invCmp);
Display(outputBlock, list, "Invariant culture...");
list.Sort(invICCmp);
Display(outputBlock, list, "Invariant culture, ignore case...");
// Sort the list using the current culture.
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("The current culture is \"{0}\".", thisCulture.Name) + "\n";
list.Sort(currCmp);
Display(outputBlock, list, "Current culture...");
list.Sort(currICCmp);
Display(outputBlock, list, "Current culture, ignore case...");
// Sort the list using the ordinal value of the character code points.
list.Sort(ordCmp);
Display(outputBlock, list, "Ordinal...");
list.Sort(ordICCmp);
Display(outputBlock, list, "Ordinal, ignore case...");
// Sort the list using the Turkish culture, which treats LATIN SMALL LETTER
// DOTLESS I differently than LATIN SMALL LETTER I.
list.Sort(turkICComp);
Display(outputBlock, list, "Turkish culture, ignore case...");
}
public static void Display(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock, List<string> lst, string title)
{
Char c;
int codePoint;
outputBlock.Text += title + "\n";
foreach (string s in lst)
{
c = s[0];
codePoint = Convert.ToInt32(c);
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("0x{0:x}", codePoint) + "\n";
}
outputBlock.Text += "\n";
}
}
/*
This code example produces the following results:
The original order of the list entries...
0x49
0x69
0x131
Invariant culture...
0x69
0x49
0x131
Invariant culture, ignore case...
0x49
0x69
0x131
The current culture is "en-US".
Current culture...
0x69
0x49
0x131
Current culture, ignore case...
0x49
0x69
0x131
Ordinal...
0x49
0x69
0x131
Ordinal, ignore case...
0x69
0x49
0x131
Turkish culture, ignore case...
0x131
0x49
0x69
*/
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
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