SortKey.OriginalString Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Globalization

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

SortKey.cs

Gets the original string used to create the current SortKey object.

public:
 property System::String ^ OriginalString { System::String ^ get(); };

public string OriginalString { get; }

member this.OriginalString : string

Public ReadOnly Property OriginalString As String

Property Value

String

The original string used to create the current SortKey object.

Examples

The following code example displays an original string and the equivalent string and key data for a case-sensitive sort key and a case-insensitive sort key.

// This code example demonstrates the
// GetSortKey() and ToString() methods, and the
// OriginalString and KeyData properties of the
// System.Globalization.SortKey class.

using System;
using System.Globalization;

class Sample
{
    public static void Main()
    {
    CompareInfo cmpi = null;
    SortKey sk1 = null;
    SortKey sk2 = null;
    string s = "ABC";
    string ignoreCase = "Ignore case";
    string useCase    = "Use case   ";

// Get a CompareInfo object for the English-Great Britain culture.
    cmpi = CompareInfo.GetCompareInfo("en-GB");

// Get a sort key that ignores case for the specified string.
    sk1 = cmpi.GetSortKey(s, CompareOptions.IgnoreCase);
// Get a sort key with no compare option for the specified string.
    sk2 = cmpi.GetSortKey(s);

// Display the original string.
    Console.WriteLine("Original string: \"{0}\"", sk1.OriginalString);
    Console.WriteLine();

// Display the string equivalent of the two sort keys.
    Console.WriteLine("CompareInfo (culture) name: {0}", cmpi.Name);
    Console.WriteLine("ToString - {0}: \"{1}\"", ignoreCase, sk1.ToString());
    Console.WriteLine("ToString - {0}: \"{1}\"", useCase, sk2.ToString());
    Console.WriteLine();

// Display the key data of the two sort keys.
    DisplayKeyData(sk1, ignoreCase);
    DisplayKeyData(sk2, useCase);
    }

    public static void DisplayKeyData(SortKey sk, string title)
    {
    Console.Write("Key Data - {0}: ", title);
    foreach (byte keyDatum in sk.KeyData)
        Console.Write("0x{0} ", (uint)keyDatum);
    Console.WriteLine();
    }
}
/*
This code example produces the following results:

Original string: "ABC"

CompareInfo (culture) name: en-GB
ToString - Ignore case: "SortKey - 2057, IgnoreCase, ABC"
ToString - Use case   : "SortKey - 2057, None, ABC"

Key Data - Ignore case: 0x14 0x2 0x14 0x9 0x14 0x10 0x1 0x1 0x1 0x1 0x0
Key Data - Use case   : 0x14 0x2 0x14 0x9 0x14 0x10 0x1 0x1 0x18 0x18 0x18 0x1 0x1 0x0

*/

' This code example demonstrates the 
' GetSortKey() and ToString() methods, and the 
' OriginalString and KeyData properties of the 
' System.Globalization.SortKey class.

Imports System.Globalization

Class Sample
    Public Shared Sub Main() 
        Dim cmpi As CompareInfo = Nothing
        Dim sk1 As SortKey = Nothing
        Dim sk2 As SortKey = Nothing
        Dim s As String = "ABC"
        Dim ignoreCase As String = "Ignore case"
        Dim useCase As String =    "Use case   "
        
        ' Get a CompareInfo object for the English-Great Britain culture.
        cmpi = CompareInfo.GetCompareInfo("en-GB")
        
        ' Get a sort key that ignores case for the specified string.
        sk1 = cmpi.GetSortKey(s, CompareOptions.IgnoreCase)
        ' Get a sort key with no compare option for the specified string.
        sk2 = cmpi.GetSortKey(s)
        
        ' Display the original string.
        Console.WriteLine("Original string: ""{0}""", sk1.OriginalString)
        Console.WriteLine()
        
        ' Display the string equivalent of the two sort keys.
        Console.WriteLine("CompareInfo (culture) name: {0}", cmpi.Name)
        Console.WriteLine("ToString - {0}: ""{1}""", ignoreCase, sk1.ToString())
        Console.WriteLine("ToString - {0}: ""{1}""", useCase, sk2.ToString())
        Console.WriteLine()
        
        ' Display the key data of the two sort keys.
        DisplayKeyData(sk1, ignoreCase)
        DisplayKeyData(sk2, useCase)
    End Sub
    
    Public Shared Sub DisplayKeyData(ByVal sk As SortKey, ByVal title As String) 
        Console.Write("Key Data - {0}: ", title)
        Dim keyDatum As UInteger
        For Each keyDatum In sk.KeyData
            Console.Write("0x{0} ", CUInt(keyDatum))
        Next keyDatum
        Console.WriteLine()
    End Sub
End Class

'
'This code example produces the following results:
'
'Original string: "ABC"
'
'CompareInfo (culture) name: en-GB
'ToString - Ignore case: "SortKey - 2057, IgnoreCase, ABC"
'ToString - Use case   : "SortKey - 2057, None, ABC"
'
'Key Data - Ignore case: 0x14 0x2 0x14 0x9 0x14 0x10 0x1 0x1 0x1 0x1 0x0
'Key Data - Use case   : 0x14 0x2 0x14 0x9 0x14 0x10 0x1 0x1 0x18 0x18 0x18 0x1 0x1 0x0
'