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String localeCompare

  • August 2, 2015
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Hi every,

Has anyone experience with StringA.localeCompare(StringB) method?

Does it need any library or preferences to work?

Jarek

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Correct answer Peter Kahrel

Jarek -- You're right. I thought it worked ok because:

'b'.localeCompare('b') // returns 0

'b'.localeCompare('a') // returns 1

'b'.localeCompare('c') // returns -1

Setting the locale to Polish doesn't help (as it shouldn't, but you never know), nor various variants of the locale string (pl, PL, pl_PL): "ą".localeCompare("z", "pl") keeps returning 1 instead of -1. The examples shown in that link don't work either. Don't know how to make it work. Sorry.


Peter

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Peter Kahrel
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August 2, 2015

You don't need libraries, it's used to compare plain strings. See here: String.prototype.localeCompare() - JavaScript | MDN

Peter

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Hi Peter,

Thanks for the link.

Does InDesign javascript support this method options?

I am testing with "locale = pl" but

"a".localeCompare("z", "pl")      //     returns -1

"ą".localeCompare("z", "pl")     //     returns 1

From my side ID Obj Model description: "Performs a localized comparison of two strings" is not true...

Jarek

Peter Kahrel
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August 2, 2015

Jarek -- You're right. I thought it worked ok because:

'b'.localeCompare('b') // returns 0

'b'.localeCompare('a') // returns 1

'b'.localeCompare('c') // returns -1

Setting the locale to Polish doesn't help (as it shouldn't, but you never know), nor various variants of the locale string (pl, PL, pl_PL): "ą".localeCompare("z", "pl") keeps returning 1 instead of -1. The examples shown in that link don't work either. Don't know how to make it work. Sorry.


Peter

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