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HttpRequest.UserLanguages Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets a sorted string array of client language preferences.

Namespace: System.Web
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

public string[] UserLanguages { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.String[]
A sorted string array of client language preferences, or null if empty.

Examples

The following code example captures the multiple values returned by the UserLanguages property into a string array and writes each language name to a separate line of HTTP output.

The language names are provided by the browser, and there is no definitive list of all possible codes. Typically these consist of a two-character codes for the language, a hyphen, and a two-character code for the culture, such as "en-us" for U.S. English and "fr-ca" for Canadian French.

int count;
String[] userLang = Request.UserLanguages;    

for (count = 0; count < userLang.Length; count++) 
{
   Response.Write("User Language " + count +": " + userLang[count] + "<br>");
}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

HttpRequest Class

System.Web Namespace

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