http://chatwithchirag.forumotion.com/tip-of-the-day-f1/-t1.htm Tip of the Day can save a Day ! Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:58:35 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/prosilver_grey/site_logo.gif http://chatwithchirag.forumotion.com/tip-of-the-day-f1/-t1.htm http://chatwithchirag.forumotion.com/tip-of-the-day-f1/speed-up-string-comparison-t4.htm justchirag The Compare method compares strings in a local-aware fashion, so it has to convert the Unicode code of each character into a numeric value that reflects its position in the current culture's alphabet. For example, the Compare method considers the "b" lowercase character to come immediately after the "A" uppercase char and before the "B" uppercase char, even though the "A" and "B" characters are contiguous in the Unicode character set. This conversion ... Tip of the Day ! Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:58:35 GMT http://chatwithchirag.forumotion.com/tip-of-the-day-f1/speed-up-string-comparison-t4.htm#4 http://chatwithchirag.forumotion.com/tip-of-the-day-f1/speed-up-string-comparison-t4.htm