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String compare on non-English names?
In Visual C++, how do I compare two names so that French characters are the same as their English equivalent.
For example, "Bélanger" should compare equal to "Belanger". Or "Coût" compares equial to "Cout".
I used to use CString1.Collate(CString2)
For example, "Bélanger" should compare equal to "Belanger". Or "Coût" compares equial to "Cout".
I used to use CString1.Collate(CString2)
System ProgrammingVisual C++.NET
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AndyAinscow
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The good news is that it this works!
The bad news is that it's about 5 times as slow as converting strings (change "é" to "e", and "û" to "ut" and etc.) and then doing a normal Compare. I wrote a little function to do this.
Of course, the speed isn't your fault -- your answer is great and I'll use it in the future when I'm not doing about 10,000 compares (as in this particular case).
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The bad news is that it's about 5 times as slow as converting strings (change "é" to "e", and "û" to "ut" and etc.) and then doing a normal Compare. I wrote a little function to do this.
Of course, the speed isn't your fault -- your answer is great and I'll use it in the future when I'm not doing about 10,000 compares (as in this particular case).
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:-)
Thanks for the feedback re performance.
Thanks for the feedback re performance.
I just tried turning on setlocale. It appears to screw up lots of other stuff -- even to the point of causing an infinite loop. It doesn't seem to be a solution to making "Bélanger"and "Belanger" equivalent.
It appears that Collate worked before, but no longer does without it, though.
Any good ideas? Maybe I should write a CollateNoFrench() that replaces the French characters before calling Collate?