Question

I want to know how do you perform a reliable alphabetical ordering (for a listbox) of people’s full names with the diacritics of the language in C sharp?

Thanks in advance.

Q: So you just want to treat diacritics as the “original” letter? (eg: João is the same as Joao)? – NullUserException

A: I want to treat them as they should be treated in the language I define, respecting the rules of alphabetical ordering that people apply everyday. I’m sure it’s written in the grammars of each language. Thanks. – Queops

Answer 1

This MSDN article should give you what you need: Comparing and Sorting Data for a Specific Culture. It describes culture sensitive comparison, sorting, and normalization, with code samples.