Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim words() As String = { "Tuesday", "Salı", "Вторник", "Mardi", _
                                "Τρίτη", "Martes", "יום שלישי", _
                                "الثلاثاء", "วันอังคาร" }
      ' Display array in unsorted order.
      For Each word As String In words
         Console.WriteLine(word)
      Next
      Console.WriteLine()

      ' Create parallel array of words by calling ToUpperInvariant.
      Dim upperWords(words.Length - 1) As String
      For ctr As Integer = words.GetLowerBound(0) To words.GetUpperBound(0)
         upperWords(ctr) = words(ctr).ToUpperInvariant()
      Next

      ' Sort the words array based on the order of upperWords.
      Array.Sort(upperWords, words, StringComparer.InvariantCulture)

      ' Display the sorted array.
      For Each word As String In words
         Console.WriteLine(word)
      Next
   End Sub
End Module
' The example displays the following output:
'       Tuesday
'       Salı
'       Вторник
'       Mardi
'       Τρίτη
'       Martes
'       יום שלישי
'       الثلاثاء
'       วันอังคาร
'       
'       Mardi
'       Martes
'       Salı
'       Tuesday
'       Τρίτη
'       Вторник
'       יום שלישי
'       الثلاثاء
'       วันอังคาร

using System;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      string[] words = { "Tuesday", "Salı", "Вторник", "Mardi", 
                         "Τρίτη", "Martes", "יום שלישי", 
                         "الثلاثاء", "วันอังคาร" };
      // Display array in unsorted order.
      foreach (string word in words)
         Console.WriteLine(word);
      Console.WriteLine();

      // Create parallel array of words by calling ToUpperInvariant.
      string[] upperWords = new string[words.Length];
      for (int ctr = words.GetLowerBound(0); ctr <= words.GetUpperBound(0); ctr++)
         upperWords[ctr] = words[ctr].ToUpperInvariant();

      // Sort the words array based on the order of upperWords.
      Array.Sort(upperWords, words, StringComparer.InvariantCulture);

      // Display the sorted array.
      foreach (string word in words)
         Console.WriteLine(word);
   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//       Tuesday
//       Salı
//       Вторник
//       Mardi
//       Τρίτη
//       Martes
//       יום שלישי
//       الثلاثاء
//       วันอังคาร
//       
//       Mardi
//       Martes
//       Salı
//       Tuesday
//       Τρίτη
//       Вторник
//       יום שלישי
//       الثلاثاء
//       วันอังคาร