C#: Compare four sets of words by using each member of the StringComparison enumeration

C# Sharp String: Exercise-25 with Solution

Write a C# Sharp program to compares four sets of words by using each member of the string comparison enumeration. The comparisons use the conventions of the English (United States) and Sami (Upper Sweden) cultures.
Note: that the strings "encyclopedia" and "encyclopedia" are considered equivalent in the en-US culture but not in the Sami (Northern Sweden) culture.

Sample Solution:-

C# Sharp Code:

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Threading;

public class Example25
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        // Define an array of culture names
        String[] cultureNames = { "en-AU", "sv-SE" };

        // Define arrays of strings for comparison
        String[] strs1 = { "case",  "encyclopedia", "encyclopedia", "Archeology" };
        String[] strs2 = { "Case", "encyclopedia", "encyclopedia", "ARCHEOLOGY" };

        // Get all possible string comparison types
        StringComparison[] comparisons = (StringComparison[])Enum.GetValues(typeof(StringComparison));

        // Iterate through each culture
        foreach (var cultureName in cultureNames) {
            // Set the current thread's culture to the specified culture
            Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture(cultureName);
            Console.WriteLine("Current Culture: {0}", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name);

            // Loop through each pair of strings for comparison
            for (int ctr = 0; ctr <= strs1.GetUpperBound(0); ctr++) {
                // Iterate through each string comparison type
                foreach (var comparison in comparisons) 
                    // Display the result of string comparison using the specified culture and comparison type
                    Console.WriteLine("   {0} = {1} ({2}): {3}", strs1[ctr],
                                      strs2[ctr], comparison, 
                                      String.Equals(strs1[ctr], strs2[ctr], comparison));

                Console.WriteLine(); // Add a line break after all comparisons of a pair of strings
            }
            Console.WriteLine(); // Add a line break after all pairs of strings for a culture
        }
    }
}

Sample Output:

Current Culture: en-AU                                                                                        
   case = Case (CurrentCulture): False                                                                        
   case = Case (CurrentCultureIgnoreCase): True                                                               
   case = Case (InvariantCulture): False                                                                      
   case = Case (InvariantCultureIgnoreCase): True                                                             
   case = Case (Ordinal): False                                                                               
   case = Case (OrdinalIgnoreCase): True          
------
Archeology = ARCHEOLOGY (CurrentCulture): False                                                            
   Archeology = ARCHEOLOGY (CurrentCultureIgnoreCase): True                                                   
   Archeology = ARCHEOLOGY (InvariantCulture): False                                                          
   Archeology = ARCHEOLOGY (InvariantCultureIgnoreCase): True                                                 
   Archeology = ARCHEOLOGY (Ordinal): False                                                                   
   Archeology = ARCHEOLOGY (OrdinalIgnoreCase): True    
   

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