Enumeration
ComparisonOptions
Description
Specifies whether a comparison is case-sensitive or not. The default is CaseInsensitive.
Values
Enum |
Description |
|---|---|
Binary |
Compares the bytes of the strings as they are, doing no encoding conversions. |
CaseInsensitive |
The case of characters is not considered. A and a are treated as identical. |
CaseSensitive |
The case of characters is considered. A and a are treated as different characters. |
Lexicographic |
The case of characters is not considered. The order the characters appear in their alphabet is what matters. |
Notes
When speed is needed, Binary and Lexicographic are faster but are not encoding-savvy. If a Locale has been specified, it is ignored when Binary or Lexicographic are used.
When using Binary, be aware that it's possible for two strings to look the same on screen but be reported as different when using Binary because they are in different encodings and therefore contain different bytes.
Compatibility
All project types on all supported operating systems.