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CompareInfo::GetSortKey Method (String^)

 

Gets the sort key for the specified string.

Namespace:   System.Globalization
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public:
virtual SortKey^ GetSortKey(
	String^ source
)

Parameters

source
Type: System::String^

The string for which a SortKey object is obtained.

Return Value

Type: System.Globalization::SortKey^

The SortKey object that contains the sort key for the specified string.

Each character in a string is given several categories of sort weights, including script, alphabetic, case, and diacritic weights. A sort key is the repository of these weights for a particular string. For example, a sort key might contain a string of alphabetic weights, followed by a string of case weights, and so on. The GetSortKey method is equivalent to the Windows API method LCMapString with the LCMAP_SORTKEY flag.

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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