String.ToUpperInvariant Method ()
Returns a copy of this String object converted to uppercase using the casing rules of the invariant culture.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The invariant culture represents a culture that is culture-insensitive. It is associated with the English language but not with a specific country or region. For more information, see the CultureInfo.InvariantCulture property.
If your application depends on the case of a string changing in a predictable way that is unaffected by the current culture, use the ToUpperInvariant method. The ToUpperInvariant method is equivalent to ToUpper(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture). The method is recommended when a collection of strings must appear in a predictable order in a user interface control.
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This method does not modify the value of the current instance. Instead, it returns a new string in which all characters in the current instance are converted to uppercase. |
If you need the lowercase or uppercase version of an operating system identifier, such as a file name, named pipe, or registry key, use the ToLowerInvariant or ToUpperInvariant methods.
The following example defines a string array that contains a single word in a number of languages. The ToUpperInvariant method is used to populate the elements of a parallel array with the case-insensitive version of each word. The Array.Sort(Of TKey, TValue)(TKey(), TValue(), IComparer(Of TKey)) method is used to sort the case-sensitive array based on the order of elements in the uppercase array to ensure that elements appear in the same order regardless of language.
Imports System.IO Module Example Public Sub Main() Dim words() As String = { "Tuesday", "Salı", "Вторник", "Mardi", _ "Τρίτη", "Martes", "יום שלישי", _ "الثلاثاء", "วันอังคาร" } Dim sw As New StreamWriter(".\output.txt") ' Display array in unsorted order. For Each word As String In words sw.WriteLine(word) Next sw.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 sw.WriteLine(word) Next sw.Close() End Sub End Module ' The example produces the following output: ' Tuesday ' Salı ' Вторник ' Mardi ' Τρίτη ' Martes ' יום שלישי ' الثلاثاء ' วันอังคาร ' ' Mardi ' Martes ' Salı ' Tuesday ' Τρίτη ' Вторник ' יום שלישי ' الثلاثاء ' วันอังคาร
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 4.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
