String.Compare is not transitive

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Why is <span style="font-family:Consolas; color:#2b91af; font-size:9.5pt String<span style="font-family:Consolas; font-size:9.5pt .Compare(stringA, stringB,
<span style="color:#2b91af StringComparison.InvariantCulture) not trasitive?
<span style="font-family:Consolas; font-size:9.5pt Our system depends on sorted lists but when we use this method for sorting it does not work. Can you supply any extra parameter, that makes String.Compare transitive ?
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<span style="color:blue public <span style="color:blue class
<span style="color:#2b91af CompareStringTest
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<span style="color:blue private <span style="color:blue bool isLessThan(<span style="color:blue string a,
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<span style="color:blue return <span style="color:blue string.Compare(a, b,
<span style="color:#2b91af StringComparison.InvariantCulture) == -1;
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<span style="color:blue public <span style="color:blue void TestOrder()
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<span style="color:blue string a = <span style="color:#a31515 "Fejl-oprettet";
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<span lang="DA" style="font-family:Consolas; color:blue; font-size:9.5pt string<span lang="DA" style="font-family:Consolas; font-size:9.5pt b =
<span style="color:#a31515 "FEJLoprettet";
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<span style="color:blue string c = <span style="color:#a31515 "FEJL-oprettet";
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<span style="color:blue string d = <span style="color:#a31515 "FEJLOPRETTET";
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<span style="color:blue string e = <span style="color:#a31515 "Fejloprettet";
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<span style="font-family:Consolas; color:green; font-size:9.5pt //If a < b
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Assert.IsTrue(isLessThan(a, b));
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<span style="color:green //and b < c
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Assert.IsTrue(isLessThan(b, c));
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<span style="color:green //and c < d
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Assert.IsTrue(isLessThan(c, d));
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<span style="color:green //and d < e
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Assert.IsTrue(isLessThan(d, e));
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<span style="color:green //then<span> a < e fails ???????
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Assert.IsTrue(isLessThan(a, e));
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}
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