// This example demonstrates members of the 
// System.StringComparer class.

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Threading;

class Sample 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
        // Create a list of string.
        List<string> list = new List<string>();

        // Get the tr-TR (Turkish-Turkey) culture.
        CultureInfo turkish = new CultureInfo("tr-TR");

        // Get the culture that is associated with the current thread.
        CultureInfo thisCulture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;

        // Get the standard StringComparers.
        StringComparer invCmp =   StringComparer.InvariantCulture;
        StringComparer invICCmp = StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase;
        StringComparer currCmp = StringComparer.CurrentCulture;
        StringComparer currICCmp = StringComparer.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase;
        StringComparer ordCmp = StringComparer.Ordinal;
        StringComparer ordICCmp = StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase;

        // Create a StringComparer that uses the Turkish culture and ignores case.
        StringComparer turkICComp = StringComparer.Create(turkish, true);

        // Define three strings consisting of different versions of the letter I.
        // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I (U+0049)
        string capitalLetterI = "I";  

        // LATIN SMALL LETTER I (U+0069)
        string smallLetterI   = "i";

        // LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS I (U+0131)
        string smallLetterDotlessI = "\u0131";

        // Add the three strings to the list.
        list.Add(capitalLetterI);
        list.Add(smallLetterI);
        list.Add(smallLetterDotlessI);

        // Display the original list order.
        Display(list, "The original order of the list entries...");

        // Sort the list using the invariant culture.
        list.Sort(invCmp);
        Display(list, "Invariant culture...");
        list.Sort(invICCmp);
        Display(list, "Invariant culture, ignore case...");

        // Sort the list using the current culture.
        Console.WriteLine("The current culture is \"{0}\".", thisCulture.Name);
        list.Sort(currCmp);
        Display(list, "Current culture...");
        list.Sort(currICCmp);
        Display(list, "Current culture, ignore case...");

        // Sort the list using the ordinal value of the character code points.
        list.Sort(ordCmp);
        Display(list, "Ordinal...");
        list.Sort(ordICCmp);
        Display(list, "Ordinal, ignore case...");

        // Sort the list using the Turkish culture, which treats LATIN SMALL LETTER 
        // DOTLESS I differently than LATIN SMALL LETTER I.
        list.Sort(turkICComp);
        Display(list, "Turkish culture, ignore case...");
    }

    public static void Display(List<string> lst, string title)
    {
        Char c;
        int  codePoint;
        Console.WriteLine(title);
        foreach (string s in lst)
        {
            c = s[0];
            codePoint = Convert.ToInt32(c);
            Console.WriteLine("0x{0:x}", codePoint); 
        }
        Console.WriteLine();
    }
}