Locale-Sensitive Objective-C Method

Foundation NSString

NSString compare:options:range:locale:

Internationalization (I18n) Method Overview

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I18n Issues

This method is not locale sensitive unless locale is passed. Use localizedStandardCompare or localizedCompare instead.

Generally one needs to pass in locale, encoding or language to ensure that any culture-dependent conversion is done properly. If you determine that the call is i18n-safe, you can use Globalyzer's Ignore Comment functionality to ensure that it isn't picked up in a subsequent scan.

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