SortKey.KeyData Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Globalization

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

SortKey.cs

Gets the byte array representing the current SortKey object.

public:
 property cli::array <System::Byte> ^ KeyData { cli::array <System::Byte> ^ get(); };

public byte[] KeyData { get; }

member this.KeyData : byte[]

Public ReadOnly Property KeyData As Byte()

Property Value

Byte[]

A byte array representing the current SortKey object.

Examples

The following code example displays an original string and the equivalent string and key data for a case-sensitive sort key and a case-insensitive sort key.

// This code example demonstrates the
// GetSortKey() and ToString() methods, and the
// OriginalString and KeyData properties of the
// System.Globalization.SortKey class.

using System;
using System.Globalization;

class Sample
{
    public static void Main()
    {
    CompareInfo cmpi = null;
    SortKey sk1 = null;
    SortKey sk2 = null;
    string s = "ABC";
    string ignoreCase = "Ignore case";
    string useCase    = "Use case   ";

// Get a CompareInfo object for the English-Great Britain culture.
    cmpi = CompareInfo.GetCompareInfo("en-GB");

// Get a sort key that ignores case for the specified string.
    sk1 = cmpi.GetSortKey(s, CompareOptions.IgnoreCase);
// Get a sort key with no compare option for the specified string.
    sk2 = cmpi.GetSortKey(s);

// Display the original string.
    Console.WriteLine("Original string: \"{0}\"", sk1.OriginalString);
    Console.WriteLine();

// Display the string equivalent of the two sort keys.
    Console.WriteLine("CompareInfo (culture) name: {0}", cmpi.Name);
    Console.WriteLine("ToString - {0}: \"{1}\"", ignoreCase, sk1.ToString());
    Console.WriteLine("ToString - {0}: \"{1}\"", useCase, sk2.ToString());
    Console.WriteLine();

// Display the key data of the two sort keys.
    DisplayKeyData(sk1, ignoreCase);
    DisplayKeyData(sk2, useCase);
    }

    public static void DisplayKeyData(SortKey sk, string title)
    {
    Console.Write("Key Data - {0}: ", title);
    foreach (byte keyDatum in sk.KeyData)
        Console.Write("0x{0} ", (uint)keyDatum);
    Console.WriteLine();
    }
}
/*
This code example produces the following results:

Original string: "ABC"

CompareInfo (culture) name: en-GB
ToString - Ignore case: "SortKey - 2057, IgnoreCase, ABC"
ToString - Use case   : "SortKey - 2057, None, ABC"

Key Data - Ignore case: 0x14 0x2 0x14 0x9 0x14 0x10 0x1 0x1 0x1 0x1 0x0
Key Data - Use case   : 0x14 0x2 0x14 0x9 0x14 0x10 0x1 0x1 0x18 0x18 0x18 0x1 0x1 0x0

*/

' This code example demonstrates the 
' GetSortKey() and ToString() methods, and the 
' OriginalString and KeyData properties of the 
' System.Globalization.SortKey class.

Imports System.Globalization

Class Sample
    Public Shared Sub Main() 
        Dim cmpi As CompareInfo = Nothing
        Dim sk1 As SortKey = Nothing
        Dim sk2 As SortKey = Nothing
        Dim s As String = "ABC"
        Dim ignoreCase As String = "Ignore case"
        Dim useCase As String =    "Use case   "
        
        ' Get a CompareInfo object for the English-Great Britain culture.
        cmpi = CompareInfo.GetCompareInfo("en-GB")
        
        ' Get a sort key that ignores case for the specified string.
        sk1 = cmpi.GetSortKey(s, CompareOptions.IgnoreCase)
        ' Get a sort key with no compare option for the specified string.
        sk2 = cmpi.GetSortKey(s)
        
        ' Display the original string.
        Console.WriteLine("Original string: ""{0}""", sk1.OriginalString)
        Console.WriteLine()
        
        ' Display the string equivalent of the two sort keys.
        Console.WriteLine("CompareInfo (culture) name: {0}", cmpi.Name)
        Console.WriteLine("ToString - {0}: ""{1}""", ignoreCase, sk1.ToString())
        Console.WriteLine("ToString - {0}: ""{1}""", useCase, sk2.ToString())
        Console.WriteLine()
        
        ' Display the key data of the two sort keys.
        DisplayKeyData(sk1, ignoreCase)
        DisplayKeyData(sk2, useCase)
    End Sub
    
    Public Shared Sub DisplayKeyData(ByVal sk As SortKey, ByVal title As String) 
        Console.Write("Key Data - {0}: ", title)
        Dim keyDatum As UInteger
        For Each keyDatum In sk.KeyData
            Console.Write("0x{0} ", CUInt(keyDatum))
        Next keyDatum
        Console.WriteLine()
    End Sub
End Class

'
'This code example produces the following results:
'
'Original string: "ABC"
'
'CompareInfo (culture) name: en-GB
'ToString - Ignore case: "SortKey - 2057, IgnoreCase, ABC"
'ToString - Use case   : "SortKey - 2057, None, ABC"
'
'Key Data - Ignore case: 0x14 0x2 0x14 0x9 0x14 0x10 0x1 0x1 0x1 0x1 0x0
'Key Data - Use case   : 0x14 0x2 0x14 0x9 0x14 0x10 0x1 0x1 0x18 0x18 0x18 0x1 0x1 0x0
'

Remarks

For more information about the use of the data returned by the KeyData property in comparing strings, see the SortKey class topic.