RegionInfo.TwoLetterISORegionName Property
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Gets the two-letter code defined in ISO 3166 for the country/region.
Namespace: System.Globalization
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property TwoLetterISORegionName As String
public virtual string TwoLetterISORegionName { get; }
Property Value
Type: System.String
The two-letter code defined in ISO 3166 for the country/region.
Remarks
The RegionInfo name is one of the two-letter codes defined in ISO 3166 for country/region. For example, the two-letter code for United States is "US".
Case is not significant. However, the Name and TwoLetterISORegionName properties return the appropriate code in uppercase.
The predefined RegionInfo names are listed in the RegionInfo class topic.
Examples
The following code example displays the properties of the RegionInfo class.
Imports System.Globalization
Public Class Example
Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
' Displays the property values of the RegionInfo for "US".
Dim myRI1 As New RegionInfo("en-US")
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" Name: {0}", myRI1.Name) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" DisplayName: {0}", myRI1.DisplayName) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" EnglishName: {0}", myRI1.EnglishName) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" IsMetric: {0}", myRI1.IsMetric) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" TwoLetterISORegionName: {0}", myRI1.TwoLetterISORegionName) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" CurrencySymbol: {0}", myRI1.CurrencySymbol) & vbCrLf
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" ISOCurrencySymbol: {0}", myRI1.ISOCurrencySymbol) & vbCrLf
End Sub
End Class
' This example produces the following output.
' Name: US
' DisplayName: United States
' EnglishName: United States
' IsMetric: False
' TwoLetterISORegionName: US
' CurrencySymbol: $
' ISOCurrencySymbol: USD
using System;
using System.Globalization;
public class Example
{
public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
{
// Displays the property values of the RegionInfo for "US".
RegionInfo myRI1 = new RegionInfo("en-US");
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" Name: {0}\n", myRI1.Name);
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" DisplayName: {0}\n", myRI1.DisplayName);
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" EnglishName: {0}\n", myRI1.EnglishName);
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" IsMetric: {0}\n", myRI1.IsMetric);
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" TwoLetterISORegionName: {0}\n", myRI1.TwoLetterISORegionName);
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" CurrencySymbol: {0}\n", myRI1.CurrencySymbol);
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" ISOCurrencySymbol: {0}\n", myRI1.ISOCurrencySymbol);
}
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
Name: US
DisplayName: United States
EnglishName: United States
IsMetric: False
TwoLetterISORegionName: US
CurrencySymbol: $
ISOCurrencySymbol: USD
*/
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.