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<title>Work with bidirectional data</title>
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<h1 class="topictitle1">Work with bidirectional data</h1>
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<div><p>Arabic and Hebrew languages use an alphabet written and read from
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right to left. Numerics and Latin text imbedded in the right-to-left text
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are written and read from left to right; therefore, these languages are called
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bidirectional languages.</p>
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<p>Because bidirectional languages are written and read from right to left,
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you should avoid using the terms left and right. For example, <var class="varname">right
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margin</var> in Hebrew or Arabic documents is the beginning of the line
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and not the end. Use the words <var class="varname">start</var> and <var class="varname">end</var> in
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place of the words <var class="varname">right</var> and <var class="varname">left</var>.</p>
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<p>Hebrew and Arabic have no case-sensitive characters. To avoid the incorrect
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presentation of characters, no case-sensitive checking or substitution should
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be performed. In addition, the Arabic language does not use abbreviations,
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therefore, you should use only complete words.</p>
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<p>See Code globalized applications that use bidirectional data
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for information about how you can design your applications to accommodate
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bidirectional data.</p>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbagsbidiapsworksupport.htm">Bidirectional application support</a></strong><br />
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Workstations, display files, and the user interface manager (UIM) provide support for bidirectional applications.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbagsbidiguidechklist.htm">Checklist: Bidirectional support guidelines</a></strong><br />
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When you create an application with bidirectional support, follow the guidelines in this table.</li>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbagshandlingdata.htm" title="There are ways in which the operating system enables you to handle data in a globalized environment. These topics describe Unicode and Unicode data, the Chinese standard GB18030, how to use CCSIDs to integrate multiple language environments consistently, and how to use bidirectional data, DBCS data, and locales.">Handle data in globalized applications</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rbagsbidicodedispguide.htm" title="When you are developing NLV-enabled applications, consider these restrictions in this topic.">Code globalized applications that use bidirectional data</a></div>
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