const string spacers = "/,.:;\\(){}[]+-_=–*"; // (there are two types of dashes, short and long)
/// <summary>
/// Gets the name of the comparable.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name.</param>
/// <returns>System.String.</returns>
private string GetComparableName(string name)
{
name = name.ToLowerInvariant();
name = _localizationManager.NormalizeFormKD(name);
var sb = new StringBuilder();
foreach (var c in name)
{
if (c >= 0x2B0 && c <= 0x0333)
{
// skip char modifier and diacritics
}
else if (remove.IndexOf(c) > -1)
{
// skip chars we are removing
}
else if (spacers.IndexOf(c) > -1)
{
sb.Append(" ");
}
else if (c == '&')
{
sb.Append(" and ");
}
else
{
sb.Append(c);
}
}
name = sb.ToString();
name = name.Replace(", the", "");
name = name.Replace("the ", " ");
name = name.Replace(" the ", " ");
string prevName;
do
{
prevName = name;
name = name.Replace(" ", " ");
} while (name.Length != prevName.Length);
return(name.Trim());
}