BASIC StrComp and tricky Unicode (Turkish, for example)

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#1

I am not subscribed to this list, but it was suggested that I might find someone on this mailing list who can comment on how LO internal Basic commands behave with respect to Unicode and the current Locale (I am trying to document the results).

In the example below, I have a macro that I believe compares a lower case i (with no dot) to a regular English uppercase i with no dot. I then compare a regular i with a regular uppercase i. If the internal code respects locale, then a zero should be displayed and then something that is not a zero. On my computer with USA English, this macro prints -1 and a zero.

I designed this example to work for Turkish because it is an example that I know.

Sub StrCompTest
   Print StrComp("ı", "I", 0) ' compare Turkish dotless i with upper case i
   Print StrComp("i", "I", 0) ' compare lower case i to upper case i
End Sub

If someone with a Turkish installation can run this macro and drop me an email directly (since I am not subscribed), I would appreciate it. I am trying to provide information outside my limited English speaking capabilities.

#2

Hi Andrew,

I can help you about this issue but i will not be available until next
week.

If the matter is urgent i can forward it to other Turkish users..

Just let you know, there is a bug report abot this -BUT only on Linux
systems which has a username consists "i" in it. Please see:
https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=68547

also there are some usefull links for "i" issue on Comment #9

Best regards,
Zeki

yazdı:

I am not subscribed to this list, but it was suggested that I might find

someone on this mailing list who can comment on how LO internal Basic
commands behave with respect to Unicode and the current Locale (I am trying
to document the results).

In the example below, I have a macro that I believe compares a lower case

i (with no dot) to a regular English uppercase i with no dot. I then
compare a regular i with a regular uppercase i. If the internal code
respects locale, then a zero should be displayed and then something that is
not a zero. On my computer with USA English, this macro prints -1 and a
zero.

I designed this example to work for Turkish because it is an example that

I know.

Sub StrCompTest
  Print StrComp("ı", "I", 0) ' compare Turkish dotless i with upper case

i

  Print StrComp("i", "I", 0) ' compare lower case i to upper case i
End Sub

If someone with a Turkish installation can run this macro and drop me an

email directly (since I am not subscribed), I would appreciate it. I am
trying to provide information outside my limited English speaking
capabilities.

--
Andrew Pitonyak
My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt
Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php

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