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CompareInfo::IsSortable Method (String)

Indicates whether a specified Unicode string is sortable.

Namespace:  System.Globalization
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
public:
static bool IsSortable(
	String^ text
)

Parameters

text
Type: System::String
A string of zero or more Unicode characters.

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean
true if the str parameter is not an empty string ("") and all the Unicode characters in str are sortable; otherwise, false.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

str is nullptr.

Each Unicode character in the str parameter is represented by one or more UTF-16 encoded Char objects. The str parameter is sortable if each Unicode character is defined in an internal CompareInfo class sort table, and is not a private use or unpaired high or low surrogate character.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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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