C#: Demonstrate how culture can affect a comparison

C# Sharp String: Exercise-27 with Solution

Write a C# Sharp program to demonstrate how culture affects comparisons.
Note : In Czech – Czech Republic culture, "ch" is a single character that is greater than "d". However, in English - United States culture, "ch" consists of two characters, and "c" is less than "d".

Sample Solution:-

C# Sharp Code:

using System;
using System.Globalization;

class Example27
{
    public static void Main() {
        // Declare and initialize two strings for comparison
        String str1 = "change";
        String str2 = "dollar";
        // Declare a variable to hold the relationship between the strings
        String relation = null;

        // Perform string comparison for "en-US" culture
        relation = symbol(String.Compare(str1, str2, false, new CultureInfo("en-US")));
        // Display the relationship between str1 and str2 for the "en-US" culture
        Console.WriteLine("\nFor en-US: {0} {1} {2}", str1, relation, str2);

        // Perform string comparison for "cs-CZ" culture
        relation = symbol(String.Compare(str1, str2, false, new CultureInfo("cs-CZ")));
        // Display the relationship between str1 and str2 for the "cs-CZ" culture
        Console.WriteLine("For cs-CZ: {0} {1} {2}\n", str1, relation, str2);
    }

    // Method to convert comparison result to symbols (<, =, >)
    private static String symbol(int r) {
        String s = "=";
        if (r < 0)
            s = "<"; // If result is less than 0, set symbol to <
        else if (r > 0)
            s = ">"; // If result is greater than 0, set symbol to >
        return s; // Return the symbol
    }
}

Sample Output:

For en-US: change < dollar                                                                                    
For cs-CZ: change > dollar 

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