C#: Demonstrate that compare ordinal and compare use different sort orders

C# Sharp String: Exercise-30 with Solution

Write a C# Sharp program to demonstrate that you compare ordinals and compare using different sort orders.

Sample Solution:-

C# Sharp Code:

using System;
using System.Globalization;

class Example30 
{
    public static void Main(String[] args) 
    {
        // Declare two strings for comparison: one with lowercase 'xyz' and the other with uppercase 'XYZ'.
        String strLow = "xyz";
        String strCap = "XYZ";
        String result = "equal to ";
        int x = 0;
        int pos = 1;

        // Perform a comparison between characters at position 'pos' using String.CompareOrdinal method.
        // This compares characters based on their Unicode code points.
        x = String.CompareOrdinal(strLow, pos, strCap, pos, 1);
        if (x < 0) result = "less than";
        if (x > 0) result = "greater than";

        // Output the result of the comparison between characters using String.CompareOrdinal.
        Console.WriteLine("CompareOrdinal(\"{0}\"[{2}], \"{1}\"[{2}]):", strLow, strCap, pos);
        Console.WriteLine("   '{0}' is {1} '{2}'", strLow[pos], result, strCap[pos]);

        // Perform a linguistic comparison using String.Compare method in the U.S. English culture.
        // This comparison considers linguistic rules and in English, 'b' is less than 'B'.
        x = String.Compare(strLow, pos, strCap, pos, 1, false, new CultureInfo("en-US"));
        if (x < 0) result = "less than";
        else if (x > 0) result = "greater than";

        // Output the result of the linguistic comparison using String.Compare in the U.S. English culture.
        Console.WriteLine("Compare(\"{0}\"[{2}], \"{1}\"[{2}]):", strLow, strCap, pos);
        Console.WriteLine("   '{0}' is {1} '{2}'", strLow[pos], result, strCap[pos]);
    }
}

Sample Output:

CompareOrdinal("xyz"[1], "XYZ"[1]):                                                                           
   'y' is greater than 'Y'                                                                                    
Compare("xyz"[1], "XYZ"[1]):                                                                                  
   'y' is less than 'Y'

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