' 导入命名空间
Imports System.Globalization

Public Class SamplesSortKey

   Public Shared Sub Main()

      ' Creates a SortKey using the en-US culture.
      Dim myComp_enUS As CompareInfo = New CultureInfo("en-US", False).CompareInfo
      Dim mySK1 As SortKey = myComp_enUS.GetSortKey("llama")

      ' Creates a SortKey using the es-ES culture with international sort.
      Dim myComp_esES As CompareInfo = New CultureInfo("es-ES", False).CompareInfo
      Dim mySK2 As SortKey = myComp_esES.GetSortKey("llama")

      ' Creates a SortKey using the es-ES culture with traditional sort.
      Dim myComp_es As CompareInfo = New CultureInfo(&H40A, False).CompareInfo
      Dim mySK3 As SortKey = myComp_es.GetSortKey("llama")

      ' Compares the en-US SortKey with each of the es-ES SortKey objects.
      Console.WriteLine("Comparing ""llama"" in en-US and in es-ES with international sort : {0}", SortKey.Compare(mySK1, mySK2))
      Console.WriteLine("Comparing ""llama"" in en-US and in es-ES with traditional sort   : {0}", SortKey.Compare(mySK1, mySK3))

   End Sub

End Class

' 导入命名空间
Imports System.Globalization

Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
      ' Define names.
      Dim names() As String = { "Adam", "Ignatius", "Batholomew", 
                                "Gregory", "Clement", "Frances",  
                                "Harold", "Dalmatius", "Edgar",    
                                "John", "Benedict", "Paul", "George" } 
      Dim sortKeys(names.Length - 1) As SortKey
      Dim ci As CompareInfo = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.CompareInfo

      For ctr As Integer = 0 To names.Length - 1
         sortKeys(ctr) = ci.GetSortKey(names(ctr), CompareOptions.IgnoreCase)         
      Next   
      
      ' Sort array based on value of sort keys.
      Array.Sort(names, sortKeys)
      
      Console.WriteLine("Sorted array: ")
      For Each name In names
         Console.WriteLine(name)
      Next          
      Console.WriteLine()
      
      Dim namesToFind() As String = { "Paul", "PAUL", "Wilberforce" }
      
      Console.WriteLine("Searching an array:")
      For Each nameToFind In namesToFind
         Dim searchKey As SortKey = ci.GetSortKey(nameToFind, CompareOptions.IgnoreCase)
         Dim index As Integer = Array.FindIndex(sortKeys, 
                                                Function(x) x.Equals(searchKey)) 
         If index >= 0 Then
            Console.WriteLine("{0} found at index {1}: {2}", nameToFind,
                              index, names(index))
         Else
            Console.WriteLine("{0} not found", nameToFind)
         End If                     
      Next                     
   End Sub
End Module