Char.GetUnicodeCategory Method (String, Int32)

Character positions in a string are indexed starting from zero.

The Char.GetUnicodeCategory method does not always return the same UnicodeCategory value as the CharUnicodeInfo.GetUnicodeCategory(String, Int32) method when it is passed a particular character as a parameter. The CharUnicodeInfo.GetUnicodeCategory(String, Int32) method is designed to reflect the current version of the Unicode standard. In contrast, although the Char.GetUnicodeCategory method usually reflects the current version of the Unicode standard, it may return a character's category based on a previous version of the standard or it may return a category that differs from the current standard in order to preserve backward compatibility. As a result, we recommend that you use the CharUnicodeInfo.GetUnicodeCategory(Char) method instead of Char.GetUnicodeCategory(String, Int32).

The following example demonstrates GetUnicodeCategory.

using System;

public class GetUnicodeCategorySample {
	public static void Main() {
		char ch2 = '2';
		string str = "Upper Case";

		Console.WriteLine(Char.GetUnicodeCategory('a'));		// Output: "LowercaseLetter"
		Console.WriteLine(Char.GetUnicodeCategory(ch2));		// Output: "DecimalDigitNumber"
		Console.WriteLine(Char.GetUnicodeCategory(str, 6));		// Output: "UppercaseLetter"
	}
}

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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