# Strcomp with collation **URL:** \ **Category:** Windows\ **Created:** [January 8, 2015, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/strcomp-with-collation/21459 "2015-01-08T10:15:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Fresno\_Meyer](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Alejandro\_Fresno\_Meyer](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Alejandro_Fresno_Meyer)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/strcomp-with-collation/21459/1 "2015-01-08T10:15:48Z")
I’m looking for a string comparison function with collation, is there any function or plugin available ? Mainly for Windows as I have solved Mac with OS calls. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/christian_schmitz/32/158_2.png) [@Christian\_Schmitz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christian_Schmitz)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/strcomp-with-collation/21459/2 "2015-01-08T13:51:56Z")
what collation? ---
**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Fresno\_Meyer](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Alejandro\_Fresno\_Meyer](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Alejandro_Fresno_Meyer)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/strcomp-with-collation/21459/3 "2015-01-08T14:04:52Z")
Depends on user; I would set the locale before, something like strcoll in C++ ---
**Author:** ![John\_Hansen](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@John\_Hansen](https://forum.xojo.com/u/John_Hansen)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/strcomp-with-collation/21459/4 "2015-01-08T14:13:11Z")
Can’t you add your text into an array and use the sort method ( [http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/Sort](http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/Sort)) ---
**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Fresno\_Meyer](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Alejandro\_Fresno\_Meyer](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Alejandro_Fresno_Meyer)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/strcomp-with-collation/21459/5 "2015-01-08T14:17:58Z")
John, no, I can’t. Sometimes the strings to sort are filenames, others part of dictionary arrays. And not sure if sort, like Strcomp, cares for different cultures. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Hansen](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@John\_Hansen](https://forum.xojo.com/u/John_Hansen)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/strcomp-with-collation/21459/6 "2015-01-08T14:28:10Z")
Hmm… Maybe a work around by using SQLite (XOJO SQLiteDatabase) for that. Might also be faster…[https://www.sqlite.org/datatype3.html#collation](https://www.sqlite.org/datatype3.html#collation)… If that what you need. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Lefebvre](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/paul_lefebvre/32/3152_2.png) [@Paul\_Lefebvre](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Paul_Lefebvre)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/strcomp-with-collation/21459/7 "2015-01-08T15:22:05Z")
The new [Text](http://xojo.helpdocsonline.com/text%24Compare) type has a compare method that allows you to specify the locale. Perhaps that would work better for you? [http://xojo.helpdocsonline.com/text$Compare](http://xojo.helpdocsonline.com/text%24Compare) ---
**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Fresno\_Meyer](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Alejandro\_Fresno\_Meyer](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Alejandro_Fresno_Meyer)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/strcomp-with-collation/21459/8 "2015-01-08T16:00:41Z")
Paul, that is what I’m looking for ( already a long time ago). I understand this type is available with last version, mmm … will have to update ---
**Author:** ![John\_Hansen](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@John\_Hansen](https://forum.xojo.com/u/John_Hansen)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/strcomp-with-collation/21459/9 "2015-01-08T16:13:51Z")
[quote=158056:@Paul Lefebvre]The new [Text](http://xojo.helpdocsonline.com/text%24Compare) type has a compare method that allows you to specify the locale. Perhaps that would work better for you? [http://xojo.helpdocsonline.com/text$Compare[/quote]](http://xojo.helpdocsonline.com/text%24Compare%5B/quote%5D) But is this supported for windows yet ? ---
**Author:** ![Travis\_Hill](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/travis_hill/32/3_2.png) [@Travis\_Hill](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Travis_Hill)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/strcomp-with-collation/21459/10 "2015-01-08T16:36:21Z")
> [@158073:@John Hansen](#): > > But is this supported for windows yet ? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Lefebvre](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/paul_lefebvre/32/3152_2.png) [@Paul\_Lefebvre](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Paul_Lefebvre)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/strcomp-with-collation/21459/11 "2015-01-08T18:50:11Z")
> [@158073:@John Hansen](#): > > But is this supported for windows yet ? The Text data type is available for all project types. More information on what else is available for all project types in 2014r3 is here: [http://www.xojo.com/blog/en/2014/12/new-language-features.php](http://www.xojo.com/blog/en/2014/12/new-language-features.php) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/455b4dcc0e61630e9f81940004ddffa49c432a46.png) [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/strcomp-with-collation/21459/12 "2020-10-29T17:33:59Z")