String.IsNormalized Method

Definition

Indicates whether this string is in a particular Unicode normalization form.

Overloads

IsNormalized(NormalizationForm)

Indicates whether this string is in the specified Unicode normalization form.

IsNormalized()

Indicates whether this string is in Unicode normalization form C.

Examples

The following example determines whether a string is successfully normalized to various normalization forms.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Text;

void Show( String^ title, String^ s )
{
   Console::Write( "Characters in string {0} = ", title );
   for each (short x in s) {
      Console::Write("{0:X4} ", x);
   }
   Console::WriteLine();
}

int main()
{
   
   // Character c; combining characters acute and cedilla; character 3/4
   array<Char>^temp0 = {L'c',L'\u0301',L'\u0327',L'\u00BE'};
   String^ s1 = gcnew String( temp0 );
   String^ s2 = nullptr;
   String^ divider = gcnew String( '-',80 );
   divider = String::Concat( Environment::NewLine, divider, Environment::NewLine );

   Show( "s1", s1 );
   Console::WriteLine();
   Console::WriteLine( "U+0063 = LATIN SMALL LETTER C" );
   Console::WriteLine( "U+0301 = COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT" );
   Console::WriteLine( "U+0327 = COMBINING CEDILLA" );
   Console::WriteLine( "U+00BE = VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS" );
   Console::WriteLine( divider );
   Console::WriteLine( "A1) Is s1 normalized to the default form (Form C)?: {0}", s1->IsNormalized() );
   Console::WriteLine( "A2) Is s1 normalized to Form C?:  {0}", s1->IsNormalized( NormalizationForm::FormC ) );
   Console::WriteLine( "A3) Is s1 normalized to Form D?:  {0}", s1->IsNormalized( NormalizationForm::FormD ) );
   Console::WriteLine( "A4) Is s1 normalized to Form KC?: {0}", s1->IsNormalized( NormalizationForm::FormKC ) );
   Console::WriteLine( "A5) Is s1 normalized to Form KD?: {0}", s1->IsNormalized( NormalizationForm::FormKD ) );
   Console::WriteLine( divider );
   Console::WriteLine( "Set string s2 to each normalized form of string s1." );
   Console::WriteLine();
   Console::WriteLine( "U+1E09 = LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA AND ACUTE" );
   Console::WriteLine( "U+0033 = DIGIT THREE" );
   Console::WriteLine( "U+2044 = FRACTION SLASH" );
   Console::WriteLine( "U+0034 = DIGIT FOUR" );
   Console::WriteLine( divider );
   s2 = s1->Normalize();
   Console::Write( "B1) Is s2 normalized to the default form (Form C)?: " );
   Console::WriteLine( s2->IsNormalized() );
   Show( "s2", s2 );
   Console::WriteLine();
   s2 = s1->Normalize( NormalizationForm::FormC );
   Console::Write( "B2) Is s2 normalized to Form C?: " );
   Console::WriteLine( s2->IsNormalized( NormalizationForm::FormC ) );
   Show( "s2", s2 );
   Console::WriteLine();
   s2 = s1->Normalize( NormalizationForm::FormD );
   Console::Write( "B3) Is s2 normalized to Form D?: " );
   Console::WriteLine( s2->IsNormalized( NormalizationForm::FormD ) );
   Show( "s2", s2 );
   Console::WriteLine();
   s2 = s1->Normalize( NormalizationForm::FormKC );
   Console::Write( "B4) Is s2 normalized to Form KC?: " );
   Console::WriteLine( s2->IsNormalized( NormalizationForm::FormKC ) );
   Show( "s2", s2 );
   Console::WriteLine();
   s2 = s1->Normalize( NormalizationForm::FormKD );
   Console::Write( "B5) Is s2 normalized to Form KD?: " );
   Console::WriteLine( s2->IsNormalized( NormalizationForm::FormKD ) );
   Show( "s2", s2 );
   Console::WriteLine();
}

/*
This example produces the following results:

Characters in string s1 = 0063 0301 0327 00BE

U+0063 = LATIN SMALL LETTER C
U+0301 = COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT
U+0327 = COMBINING CEDILLA
U+00BE = VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A1) Is s1 normalized to the default form (Form C)?: False
A2) Is s1 normalized to Form C?:  False
A3) Is s1 normalized to Form D?:  False
A4) Is s1 normalized to Form KC?: False
A5) Is s1 normalized to Form KD?: False

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Set string s2 to each normalized form of string s1.

U+1E09 = LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA AND ACUTE
U+0033 = DIGIT THREE
U+2044 = FRACTION SLASH
U+0034 = DIGIT FOUR

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B1) Is s2 normalized to the default form (Form C)?: True
Characters in string s2 = 1E09 00BE

B2) Is s2 normalized to Form C?: True
Characters in string s2 = 1E09 00BE

B3) Is s2 normalized to Form D?: True
Characters in string s2 = 0063 0327 0301 00BE

B4) Is s2 normalized to Form KC?: True
Characters in string s2 = 1E09 0033 2044 0034

B5) Is s2 normalized to Form KD?: True
Characters in string s2 = 0063 0327 0301 0033 2044 0034

*/
using System;
using System.Text;

class Example
{
    public static void Main()
    {
       // Character c; combining characters acute and cedilla; character 3/4
       string s1 = new String( new char[] {'\u0063', '\u0301', '\u0327', '\u00BE'});
       string s2 = null;
       string divider = new String('-', 80);
       divider = String.Concat(Environment.NewLine, divider, Environment.NewLine);

       Show("s1", s1);
       Console.WriteLine();
       Console.WriteLine("U+0063 = LATIN SMALL LETTER C");
       Console.WriteLine("U+0301 = COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT");
       Console.WriteLine("U+0327 = COMBINING CEDILLA");
       Console.WriteLine("U+00BE = VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS");
       Console.WriteLine(divider);

       Console.WriteLine("A1) Is s1 normalized to the default form (Form C)?: {0}",
                                    s1.IsNormalized());
       Console.WriteLine("A2) Is s1 normalized to Form C?:  {0}",
                                    s1.IsNormalized(NormalizationForm.FormC));
       Console.WriteLine("A3) Is s1 normalized to Form D?:  {0}",
                                    s1.IsNormalized(NormalizationForm.FormD));
       Console.WriteLine("A4) Is s1 normalized to Form KC?: {0}",
                                    s1.IsNormalized(NormalizationForm.FormKC));
       Console.WriteLine("A5) Is s1 normalized to Form KD?: {0}",
                                    s1.IsNormalized(NormalizationForm.FormKD));

       Console.WriteLine(divider);

       Console.WriteLine("Set string s2 to each normalized form of string s1.");
       Console.WriteLine();
       Console.WriteLine("U+1E09 = LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA AND ACUTE");
       Console.WriteLine("U+0033 = DIGIT THREE");
       Console.WriteLine("U+2044 = FRACTION SLASH");
       Console.WriteLine("U+0034 = DIGIT FOUR");
       Console.WriteLine(divider);

       s2 = s1.Normalize();
       Console.Write("B1) Is s2 normalized to the default form (Form C)?: ");
       Console.WriteLine(s2.IsNormalized());
       Show("s2", s2);
       Console.WriteLine();

       s2 = s1.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormC);
       Console.Write("B2) Is s2 normalized to Form C?: ");
       Console.WriteLine(s2.IsNormalized(NormalizationForm.FormC));
       Show("s2", s2);
       Console.WriteLine();

       s2 = s1.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormD);
       Console.Write("B3) Is s2 normalized to Form D?: ");
       Console.WriteLine(s2.IsNormalized(NormalizationForm.FormD));
       Show("s2", s2);
       Console.WriteLine();

       s2 = s1.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormKC);
       Console.Write("B4) Is s2 normalized to Form KC?: ");
       Console.WriteLine(s2.IsNormalized(NormalizationForm.FormKC));
       Show("s2", s2);
       Console.WriteLine();

       s2 = s1.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormKD);
       Console.Write("B5) Is s2 normalized to Form KD?: ");
       Console.WriteLine(s2.IsNormalized(NormalizationForm.FormKD));
       Show("s2", s2);
       Console.WriteLine();
    }

    private static void Show(string title, string s)
    {
       Console.Write("Characters in string {0} = ", title);
       foreach(short x in s) {
           Console.Write("{0:X4} ", x);
       }
       Console.WriteLine();
    }
}
/*
This example produces the following results:

Characters in string s1 = 0063 0301 0327 00BE

U+0063 = LATIN SMALL LETTER C
U+0301 = COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT
U+0327 = COMBINING CEDILLA
U+00BE = VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A1) Is s1 normalized to the default form (Form C)?: False
A2) Is s1 normalized to Form C?:  False
A3) Is s1 normalized to Form D?:  False
A4) Is s1 normalized to Form KC?: False
A5) Is s1 normalized to Form KD?: False

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Set string s2 to each normalized form of string s1.

U+1E09 = LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA AND ACUTE
U+0033 = DIGIT THREE
U+2044 = FRACTION SLASH
U+0034 = DIGIT FOUR

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B1) Is s2 normalized to the default form (Form C)?: True
Characters in string s2 = 1E09 00BE

B2) Is s2 normalized to Form C?: True
Characters in string s2 = 1E09 00BE

B3) Is s2 normalized to Form D?: True
Characters in string s2 = 0063 0327 0301 00BE

B4) Is s2 normalized to Form KC?: True
Characters in string s2 = 1E09 0033 2044 0034

B5) Is s2 normalized to Form KD?: True
Characters in string s2 = 0063 0327 0301 0033 2044 0034

*/
open System
open System.Text

let show title (s: string) =
    printf $"Characters in string %s{title} = "
    for x in s do
        printf $"{int16 x:X4} "
    printfn ""


[<EntryPoint>]
let main _ =
    // Character c; combining characters acute and cedilla; character 3/4
    let s1 = String [| '\u0063'; '\u0301'; '\u0327'; '\u00BE' |]
    let divider = String('-', 80)
    let divider = String.Concat(Environment.NewLine, divider, Environment.NewLine)

    show "s1" s1
    printfn "\nU+0063 = LATIN SMALL LETTER C"
    printfn "U+0301 = COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT"
    printfn "U+0327 = COMBINING CEDILLA"
    printfn "U+00BE = VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS"
    printfn $"{divider}"

    printfn $"A1) Is s1 normalized to the default form (Form C)?: {s1.IsNormalized()}"
    printfn $"A2) Is s1 normalized to Form C?:  {s1.IsNormalized NormalizationForm.FormC}"
    printfn $"A3) Is s1 normalized to Form D?:  {s1.IsNormalized NormalizationForm.FormD}"
    printfn $"A4) Is s1 normalized to Form KC?: {s1.IsNormalized NormalizationForm.FormKC}"
    printfn $"A5) Is s1 normalized to Form KD?: {s1.IsNormalized NormalizationForm.FormKD}"

    printfn $"{divider}"

    printfn "Set string s2 to each normalized form of string s1.\n"
    printfn "U+1E09 = LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA AND ACUTE"
    printfn"U+0033 = DIGIT THREE"
    printfn"U+2044 = FRACTION SLASH"
    printfn"U+0034 = DIGIT FOUR"
    printfn $"{divider}"
 
    let s2 = s1.Normalize()
    printf "B1) Is s2 normalized to the default form (Form C)?: "
    printfn $"{s2.IsNormalized()}"
    show "s2" s2
    printfn ""

    let s2 = s1.Normalize NormalizationForm.FormC
    printf "B2) Is s2 normalized to Form C?: "
    printfn $"{s2.IsNormalized NormalizationForm.FormC}"
    show "s2" s2
    printfn ""

    let s2 = s1.Normalize NormalizationForm.FormD
    printf "B3) Is s2 normalized to Form D?: "
    printfn $"{s2.IsNormalized NormalizationForm.FormD}"
    show "s2" s2
    printfn ""

    let s2 = s1.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormKC)
    printf "B4) Is s2 normalized to Form KC?: "
    printfn $"{s2.IsNormalized NormalizationForm.FormKC}"
    show "s2" s2
    printfn ""

    let s2 = s1.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormKD)
    printf "B5) Is s2 normalized to Form KD?: "
    printfn $"{s2.IsNormalized NormalizationForm.FormKD}"
    show "s2" s2
    0

(*
This example produces the following results:

Characters in string s1 = 0063 0301 0327 00BE

U+0063 = LATIN SMALL LETTER C
U+0301 = COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT
U+0327 = COMBINING CEDILLA
U+00BE = VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A1) Is s1 normalized to the default form (Form C)?: False
A2) Is s1 normalized to Form C?:  False
A3) Is s1 normalized to Form D?:  False
A4) Is s1 normalized to Form KC?: False
A5) Is s1 normalized to Form KD?: False

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Set string s2 to each normalized form of string s1.

U+1E09 = LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA AND ACUTE
U+0033 = DIGIT THREE
U+2044 = FRACTION SLASH
U+0034 = DIGIT FOUR

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B1) Is s2 normalized to the default form (Form C)?: True
Characters in string s2 = 1E09 00BE

B2) Is s2 normalized to Form C?: True
Characters in string s2 = 1E09 00BE

B3) Is s2 normalized to Form D?: True
Characters in string s2 = 0063 0327 0301 00BE

B4) Is s2 normalized to Form KC?: True
Characters in string s2 = 1E09 0033 2044 0034

B5) Is s2 normalized to Form KD?: True
Characters in string s2 = 0063 0327 0301 0033 2044 0034

*)
Imports System.Text

Class Example
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      ' Character c; combining characters acute and cedilla; character 3/4
      Dim s1 = New [String](New Char() {ChrW(&H0063), ChrW(&H0301), ChrW(&H0327), ChrW(&H00BE)})
      Dim s2 As String = Nothing
      Dim divider = New [String]("-"c, 80)
      divider = [String].Concat(Environment.NewLine, divider, Environment.NewLine)
      
      Show("s1", s1)
      Console.WriteLine()
      Console.WriteLine("U+0063 = LATIN SMALL LETTER C")
      Console.WriteLine("U+0301 = COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT")
      Console.WriteLine("U+0327 = COMBINING CEDILLA")
      Console.WriteLine("U+00BE = VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS")

      Console.WriteLine(divider)
      
      Console.WriteLine("A1) Is s1 normalized to the default form (Form C)?: {0}", s1.IsNormalized())
      Console.WriteLine("A2) Is s1 normalized to Form C?:  {0}", s1.IsNormalized(NormalizationForm.FormC))
      Console.WriteLine("A3) Is s1 normalized to Form D?:  {0}", s1.IsNormalized(NormalizationForm.FormD))
      Console.WriteLine("A4) Is s1 normalized to Form KC?: {0}", s1.IsNormalized(NormalizationForm.FormKC))
      Console.WriteLine("A5) Is s1 normalized to Form KD?: {0}", s1.IsNormalized(NormalizationForm.FormKD))
      
      Console.WriteLine(divider)
      
      Console.WriteLine("Set string s2 to each normalized form of string s1.")
      Console.WriteLine()
      Console.WriteLine("U+1E09 = LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA AND ACUTE")
      Console.WriteLine("U+0033 = DIGIT THREE")
      Console.WriteLine("U+2044 = FRACTION SLASH")
      Console.WriteLine("U+0034 = DIGIT FOUR")
      Console.WriteLine(divider)
      
      s2 = s1.Normalize()
      Console.Write("B1) Is s2 normalized to the default form (Form C)?: ")
      Console.WriteLine(s2.IsNormalized())
      Show("s2", s2)
      Console.WriteLine()
      
      s2 = s1.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormC)
      Console.Write("B2) Is s2 normalized to Form C?: ")
      Console.WriteLine(s2.IsNormalized(NormalizationForm.FormC))
      Show("s2", s2)
      Console.WriteLine()
      
      s2 = s1.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormD)
      Console.Write("B3) Is s2 normalized to Form D?: ")
      Console.WriteLine(s2.IsNormalized(NormalizationForm.FormD))
      Show("s2", s2)
      Console.WriteLine()
      
      s2 = s1.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormKC)
      Console.Write("B4) Is s2 normalized to Form KC?: ")
      Console.WriteLine(s2.IsNormalized(NormalizationForm.FormKC))
      Show("s2", s2)
      Console.WriteLine()
      
      s2 = s1.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormKD)
      Console.Write("B5) Is s2 normalized to Form KD?: ")
      Console.WriteLine(s2.IsNormalized(NormalizationForm.FormKD))
      Show("s2", s2)
      Console.WriteLine()
   End Sub 
   
   Private Shared Sub Show(title As String, s As String)
      Console.Write("Characters in string {0} = ", title)
      For Each x As Char In s
         Console.Write("{0:X4} ", AscW(x))
      Next 
      Console.WriteLine()
   End Sub 
End Class 
'This example produces the following results:
'
'Characters in string s1 = 0063 0301 0327 00BE
'
'U+0063 = LATIN SMALL LETTER C
'U+0301 = COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT
'U+0327 = COMBINING CEDILLA
'U+00BE = VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS
'
'--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'
'A1) Is s1 normalized to the default form (Form C)?: False
'A2) Is s1 normalized to Form C?:  False
'A3) Is s1 normalized to Form D?:  False
'A4) Is s1 normalized to Form KC?: False
'A5) Is s1 normalized to Form KD?: False
'
'--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'
'Set string s2 to each normalized form of string s1.
'
'U+1E09 = LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA AND ACUTE
'U+0033 = DIGIT THREE
'U+2044 = FRACTION SLASH
'U+0034 = DIGIT FOUR
'
'--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'
'B1) Is s2 normalized to the default form (Form C)?: True
'Characters in string s2 = 1E09 00BE
'
'B2) Is s2 normalized to Form C?: True
'Characters in string s2 = 1E09 00BE
'
'B3) Is s2 normalized to Form D?: True
'Characters in string s2 = 0063 0327 0301 00BE
'
'B4) Is s2 normalized to Form KC?: True
'Characters in string s2 = 1E09 0033 2044 0034
'
'B5) Is s2 normalized to Form KD?: True
'Characters in string s2 = 0063 0327 0301 0033 2044 0034
'

IsNormalized(NormalizationForm)

Indicates whether this string is in the specified Unicode normalization form.

public:
 bool IsNormalized(System::Text::NormalizationForm normalizationForm);
public bool IsNormalized (System.Text.NormalizationForm normalizationForm);
member this.IsNormalized : System.Text.NormalizationForm -> bool
Public Function IsNormalized (normalizationForm As NormalizationForm) As Boolean

Parameters

normalizationForm
NormalizationForm

A Unicode normalization form.

Returns

true if this string is in the normalization form specified by the normalizationForm parameter; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

The current instance contains invalid Unicode characters.

Remarks

Some Unicode characters have multiple equivalent binary representations consisting of sets of combining and/or composite Unicode characters. The existence of multiple representations for a single character complicates searching, sorting, matching, and other operations.

The Unicode standard defines a process called normalization that returns one binary representation when given any of the equivalent binary representations of a character. Normalization can be performed with several algorithms, called normalization forms, that obey different rules. .NET currently supports normalization forms C, D, KC, and KD.

For a description of supported Unicode normalization forms, see System.Text.NormalizationForm.

Notes to Callers

The IsNormalized method returns false as soon as it encounters the first non-normalized character in a string. Therefore, if a string contains non-normalized characters followed by invalid Unicode characters, the Normalize method will throw an ArgumentException although IsNormalized returns false.

See also

Applies to

IsNormalized()

Indicates whether this string is in Unicode normalization form C.

public:
 bool IsNormalized();
public bool IsNormalized ();
member this.IsNormalized : unit -> bool
Public Function IsNormalized () As Boolean

Returns

true if this string is in normalization form C; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

The current instance contains invalid Unicode characters.

Remarks

Some Unicode characters have multiple equivalent binary representations consisting of sets of combining and/or composite Unicode characters. The existence of multiple representations for a single character complicates searching, sorting, matching, and other operations.

The Unicode standard defines a process called normalization that returns one binary representation when given any of the equivalent binary representations of a character. Normalization can be performed with several algorithms, called normalization forms, that obey different rules. .NET currently supports normalization forms C, D, KC, and KD.

For a description of supported Unicode normalization forms, see System.Text.NormalizationForm.

Notes to Callers

The IsNormalized method returns false as soon as it encounters the first non-normalized character in a string. Therefore, if a string contains non-normalized characters followed by invalid Unicode characters, the Normalize method will throw an ArgumentException although IsNormalized returns false.

See also

Applies to