CompareInfo.Name Property
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Gets the name of the culture used for sorting operations by this CompareInfo object.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The following example compares three strings using the fr-FR and ja-JP cultures. The Name property is used to display the name of each culture.
Imports System.Text Imports System.Globalization Public NotInheritable Class Example Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock) Dim sign() As String = {"<", "=", ">"} ' The code below demonstrates how strings compare ' differently for different cultures. Dim s1 As String = "Coté" Dim s2 As String = "coté" Dim s3 As String = "côte" ' Set sort order of strings for French in France. Dim ci As CompareInfo = New CultureInfo("fr-FR").CompareInfo ' Display the result using fr-FR Compare of Coté = coté. outputBlock.Text += String.Format("fr-FR Compare: {0} {2} {1}", _ s1, s2, sign((ci.Compare(s1, s2, CompareOptions.IgnoreCase) + 1))) ' Display the result using fr-FR Compare of coté > côte. outputBlock.Text += String.Format("fr-FR Compare: {0} {2} {1}", _ s2, s3, sign((ci.Compare(s2, s3, CompareOptions.None) + 1))) ' Set sort order of strings for Japanese as spoken in Japan. ci = New CultureInfo("ja-JP").CompareInfo ' Display the result using ja-JP Compare of coté < côte. outputBlock.Text += String.Format("ja-JP Compare: {0} {2} {1}", _ s2, s3, sign((ci.Compare(s2, s3) + 1))) End Sub End Class ' This code produces the following output. ' ' fr-FR Compare: Coté = coté ' fr-FR Compare: coté > côte ' ja-JP Compare: coté < côte
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