System.Globalization Namespace

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Maps strings to their sort keys.

SortKey Class Members

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Properties Visibility Name Value Type Accessibility public KeyData Byte [ Get ] public OriginalString String [ Get ]   Methods Visibility Name Parameters Return Type public static Compare ( SortKey sortkey1 , SortKey sortkey2 ) Int32 public Equals ( Object value ) Boolean public GetHashCode ( ) Int32 public ToString ( ) String

Each character in a string is given several categories of sort weights, including script, alphabetic, case, and diacritic weights. A sort key serves as 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. SortKey is equivalent to the Windows API method LCMapString with the LCMAP_SORTKEY flag.

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