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> *From:* Reinier Zwitserloot
> *To:* The Java Posse
> *Sent:* Wed, August 4, 2010 10:07:54 AM
> *Subject:* [The Java Posse] Dick, that's not how you compare strings!
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> This is a long post that is mostly a fun walk through
table alternative? It
seems your examples would lead one to believe so.
Alexey
From: Reinier Zwitserloot
To: The Java Posse
Sent: Wed, August 4, 2010 10:07:54 AM
Subject: [The Java Posse] Dick, that's not how you compare strings!
This is a long post that i
great post Reinier! :)
And to further confuse matters:
- lowercase("STRASSE") -> "strasse" is correct in german-speaking
Switzerland, where they don't use ß.
- there have actually been attempts at an upper-case ß, which is
probably how it got into unicode.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Großes_ß
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On 8/4/10 16:07 , Reinier Zwitserloot wrote:
> This is a long post that is mostly a fun walk through a few
> different languages used on planet earth,
Fortunately, I've started using Collators a long time ago. But I still
have toLowerCase() here and t
This is a long post that is mostly a fun walk through a few different
languages used on planet earth, showing why the entire concept of
'upper' and 'lower' case is mostly broken if one ascribes to the
theory that english isn't the only language around. The summary, in
case you don't want to read it
