RegionInfo.IsMetric Property
.NET Framework 4
Gets a value indicating whether the country/region uses the metric system for measurements.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.Booleantrue if the country/region uses the metric system for measurements; otherwise, false.
The following code example displays the properties of the RegionInfo class.
using System; using System.Globalization; public class SamplesRegionInfo { public static void Main() { // Displays the property values of the RegionInfo for "US". RegionInfo myRI1 = new RegionInfo( "US" ); Console.WriteLine( " Name: {0}", myRI1.Name ); Console.WriteLine( " DisplayName: {0}", myRI1.DisplayName ); Console.WriteLine( " EnglishName: {0}", myRI1.EnglishName ); Console.WriteLine( " IsMetric: {0}", myRI1.IsMetric ); Console.WriteLine( " ThreeLetterISORegionName: {0}", myRI1.ThreeLetterISORegionName ); Console.WriteLine( " ThreeLetterWindowsRegionName: {0}", myRI1.ThreeLetterWindowsRegionName ); Console.WriteLine( " TwoLetterISORegionName: {0}", myRI1.TwoLetterISORegionName ); Console.WriteLine( " CurrencySymbol: {0}", myRI1.CurrencySymbol ); Console.WriteLine( " ISOCurrencySymbol: {0}", myRI1.ISOCurrencySymbol ); } } /* This code produces the following output. Name: US DisplayName: United States EnglishName: United States IsMetric: False ThreeLetterISORegionName: USA ThreeLetterWindowsRegionName: USA TwoLetterISORegionName: US CurrencySymbol: $ ISOCurrencySymbol: USD */
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
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