Setting Custom Rules for String Comparison

Question

I need to compare strings containing Turkish characters (üğşıçö). Unfortunately, culture settings do not satisfy my needs. I have to broaden the rules to make it more flexible. Program should recognize the following:

S = Ş = s = ş
G = Ğ = g = ğ
O = Ö = o = ö
C = Ç = c = ç
U = Ü = u = ü
I = İ = ı = i

So users could input in standard English keyboard. How can I achieve this?

Try solutions from this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20674577/how-to-compare-unicode-characters-that-look-alike/20674360#20674360 — Tony, Dec 23 '13 at 02:43

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 23 '13 at 02:48

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You could use String.Replace to turn your strings into some sort of "Middle Format" that recognizes Turkish characters and English characters to be the same, and compare them after? Would that satisfy your requirements?

bool MiddleCompare(string eng, string turk)
{
    //Replace turkish characters with english here
    //Compare the newly formatted string, return true/false
}

answered Dec 23 '13 at 02:48

miguelarcilla

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This is a perfect solution. Thanks. – Emre Can Serteli Dec 24 '13 at 00:12

Setting Custom Rules for String Comparison

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