CultureInfo.GetCultures Method
Gets the list of supported cultures filtered by the specified CultureTypes parameter.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- types
- Type: System.Globalization.CultureTypes
A bitwise combination of CultureTypes values that filter the cultures to retrieve.
Return Value
Type: System.Globalization.CultureInfo[]An array of type CultureInfo that contains the cultures specified by the types parameter. The array of cultures is unsorted.
| Exception | Condition |
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| ArgumentOutOfRangeException | types specifies an invalid combination of CultureTypes values. |
Setting the types parameter to the SpecificCultures value returns all specific cultures. Setting types to the NeutralCultures value returns all neutral cultures and the invariant culture. Setting types to the AllCultures value returns all neutral and specific cultures, cultures installed in the Windows system, and custom cultures created by the user.
The following code example displays several properties of the neutral cultures.
 Note: |
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The example displays the zh-CHS and zh-CHT cultures with the 0x0004 and 0x7C04 culture identifiers, respectively. However, your Windows Vista applications should use the zh-Hans name instead of "zh-CHS" and the zh-Hant name instead of "zh-CHT". The zh-Hans and zh-Hant names represent the current standard, and should be used unless you have a reason for using the older names. |
using System; using System.Globalization; public class SamplesCultureInfo { public static void Main() { // Displays several properties of the neutral cultures. Console.WriteLine( "CULTURE ISO ISO WIN DISPLAYNAME ENGLISHNAME" ); foreach ( CultureInfo ci in CultureInfo.GetCultures( CultureTypes.NeutralCultures ) ) { Console.Write( "{0,-7}", ci.Name ); Console.Write( " {0,-3}", ci.TwoLetterISOLanguageName ); Console.Write( " {0,-3}", ci.ThreeLetterISOLanguageName ); Console.Write( " {0,-3}", ci.ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName ); Console.Write( " {0,-40}", ci.DisplayName ); Console.WriteLine( " {0,-40}", ci.EnglishName ); } } } /* This code produces the following output. This output has been cropped for brevity. CULTURE ISO ISO WIN DISPLAYNAME ENGLISHNAME ar ar ara ARA Arabic Arabic bg bg bul BGR Bulgarian Bulgarian ca ca cat CAT Catalan Catalan zh-CHS zh zho CHS Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Simplified) cs cs ces CSY Czech Czech da da dan DAN Danish Danish de de deu DEU German German el el ell ELL Greek Greek en en eng ENU English English es es spa ESP Spanish Spanish fi fi fin FIN Finnish Finnish */
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
