[Interest] unexpected result from QString::compare

[Fabrice Mousset | GEOCEPT GmbH]

Perhaps you should use QString::localeAwareCompare() ?

BR

Fabrice

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Interest <interest-bounces at qt-project.org> Im Auftrag von Hamish
> Moffatt
> Gesendet: Freitag, 8. Mai 2020 08:27
> An: Qt Interest <interest at qt-project.org>
> Betreff: [Interest] unexpected result from QString::compare
> 
> I'm trying to sort a list of strings where umlauts are involved, and not getting
> the answer I expect from QString::compare(). My sample code is:
> 
>          auto a = QStringLiteral("Äbc");
>          auto b = QStringLiteral("BCD");
>          auto c = a.compare(b);
>          qDebug() << a << b << c;
> 
> This produces the output:
> 
> "Äbc" "BCD" 130
> 
> which indicates that Äbc should be sorted after "BCD".
> 
> I get the same result when I load the strings through QTranslator so I don't
> believe there's any editor/encoding issue going on.
> 
> I seem to get the right result when I let QListWidget sort the items for me
> though.
> 
> 
> What am I missing?
> 
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Hamish
> 
> 
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