TextInfo Class
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Defines properties and behaviors, such as casing, that are specific to a writing system.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The TextInfo type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | CultureName | Gets the name of the culture associated with the current TextInfo object. |
| IsReadOnly | Gets a value indicating whether the current TextInfo object is read-only. |
| ListSeparator | Gets or sets the string that separates items in a list. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Equals | Determines whether the specified object represents the same writing system as the current TextInfo object. (Overrides Object::Equals(Object).) |
 | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for the current TextInfo object, suitable for hashing algorithms and data structures, such as a hash table. (Overrides Object::GetHashCode().) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| ToLower(Char) | Converts the specified character to lowercase. |
| ToLower(String) | Converts the specified string to lowercase. |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current TextInfo. (Overrides Object::ToString().) |
| ToUpper(Char) | Converts the specified character to uppercase. |
| ToUpper(String) | Converts the specified string to uppercase. |
A writing system is the collection of scripts and orthographic rules required to represent a language as text. The TextInfo class represents a writing system.
The application should use the CultureInfo::TextInfo property to obtain the TextInfo object for a particular CultureInfo object. If a security decision depends on a string comparison or a case-change operation, the application should use the CultureInfo::TextInfo property of the object returned by the CultureInfo::InvariantCulture property to ensure that the behavior of the operation is consistent regardless of the operating system culture settings.