CultureInfo.CompareInfo Property
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Gets the CompareInfo object that defines how to compare strings for the culture.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.Globalization.CompareInfoThe object that defines how to compare strings for the culture.
The user might choose to override some of the values associated with the current system culture. For example, the user might choose to display the date in a different format or to use a currency other than the default for the culture. The CultureInfo object that represents the current culture reflects these customizations.
The following example creates es-ES and es-ES_tradnl CultureInfo objects, uses the CompareInfo property to retrieve their CompareInfo objects, and tests the CompareInfo objects for equality. It indicates that the two CompareInfo objects are not equal.
Imports System.Globalization Public Module Example Public Sub Demo(outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock) outputBlock.FontFamily = New FontFamily("Courier New") ' Instantiate es-ES culture with international and traditional sort orders. Dim esIntl As New CultureInfo("es-ES") Dim esTrad As New CultureInfo("es-ES_tradnl") ' Retrieve respective CompareInfo objects. Dim compEsIntl As CompareInfo = esIntl.CompareInfo Dim compEsTrad As CompareInfo = esTrad.CompareInfo ' Display information on CultureInfo objects. outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0,-15} {1,-15} {2,-17} {3,-18} {4,-18} {5,-20}", _ "Name", "ToString", "CompareInfo.Name", "English", _ "Native", "Display") + vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0,-15} {1,-15} {2,-17} {3,-18} {4,-18} {5,-30}", _ esIntl.Name, esIntl.ToString(), compEsIntl.Name, esIntl.EnglishName, _ esIntl.NativeName, esIntl.DisplayName) + vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0,-15} {1,-15} {2,-17} {3,-18} {4,-18} {5,-30}", _ esTrad.Name, esTrad.ToString(), compEsTrad.Name, esTrad.EnglishName, _ esTrad.NativeName, esTrad.DisplayName) + vbCrLf +vbCrLf ' Test CompreInfo objects for equality. outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0} and {1} are equal: {2}", _ compEsIntl.Name, compEsTrad.Name, _ compEsIntl.Equals(compEsTrad)) + vbCrLf End Sub End Module ' The example displays the following output: ' Name ToString CompareInfo.Name English Native Display ' es-ES es-ES es-ES Spanish (Spain) español (España) Spanish (Spain, International Sort) ' es-ES_tradnl es-ES_tradnl es-ES_tradnl Spanish (Spain) español (España) Spanish (Spain, Traditional Sort) ' ' es-ES and es-ES_tradnl are equal: False