Most .NET Framework methods that perform culture-sensitive string operations by default provide method overloads that allow you to explicitly specify the culture to use by passing a CultureInfo parameter. These overloads allow you to eliminate cultural variations in case mappings and sorting rules and guarantee culture-insensitive results.
This section provides the following topics to demonstrate how to perform culture-insensitive string operations using .NET Framework methods that are culture-sensitive by default.
- Performing Culture-Insensitive String Comparisons
Describes how to use the String..::.Compare and String..::.CompareTo methods to perform culture-insensitive string comparisons.
- Performing Culture-Insensitive Case Changes
Describes how to use the String..::.ToUpper, String..::.ToLower, Char..::.ToUpper, and Char..::.ToLower methods to perform culture-insensitive case changes.
- Performing Culture-Insensitive String Operations in Collections
Describes how to use the CaseInsensitiveComparer Class, CaseInsensitiveHashCodeProvider class, SortedList Class, ArrayList.Sort Method and CollectionsUtil.CreateCaseInsensitiveHashtable Method to perform culture-insensitive operations in collections.
- Performing Culture-Insensitive String Operations in Arrays
Describes how to use the Array..::.Sort and Array..::.BinarySearch methods to perform culture-insensitive operations in arrays.
- Performing Culture-Insensitive Operations in the RegularExpressions Namespace
Describes how to perform culture-insensitive string operations using methods in the System.Text.RegularExpressions Namespace.
- Culture-Insensitive String Operations
Describes why you should be aware of culture when performing operations on strings and provides guidelines for when to perform culture-sensitive operations and when to perform culture-insensitive operations.