RegionInfo.IsMetric Property

Gets a value indicating whether the country/region uses the metric system for measurements.

[Visual Basic]
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property IsMetric As Boolean
[C#]
public virtual bool IsMetric {get;}
[C++]
public: __property virtual bool get_IsMetric();
[JScript]
public function get IsMetric() : Boolean;

Property Value

true if the country/region uses the metric system for measurements; otherwise, false.

Example

[Visual Basic, C#, C++] The following code example displays the properties of the RegionInfo class.

[Visual Basic] 
Imports System
Imports System.Globalization


Public Class SamplesRegionInfo   

   Public Shared Sub Main()

      ' Displays the property values of the RegionInfo for "US".
      Dim myRI1 As 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)

   End Sub 'Main 

End Class 'SamplesRegionInfo


'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



[C#] 
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

*/

[C++] 
#using <mscorlib.dll>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;

int main()  {

   // Displays the property values of the RegionInfo for "US".
   RegionInfo* myRI1 = new RegionInfo( S"US" );
   Console::WriteLine( S"   Name:                         {0}", myRI1->Name );
   Console::WriteLine( S"   DisplayName:                  {0}", myRI1->DisplayName );
   Console::WriteLine( S"   EnglishName:                  {0}", myRI1->EnglishName );
   Console::WriteLine( S"   IsMetric:                     {0}", __box(myRI1->IsMetric));
   Console::WriteLine( S"   ThreeLetterISORegionName:     {0}", myRI1->ThreeLetterISORegionName );
   Console::WriteLine( S"   ThreeLetterWindowsRegionName: {0}", myRI1->ThreeLetterWindowsRegionName );
   Console::WriteLine( S"   TwoLetterISORegionName:       {0}", myRI1->TwoLetterISORegionName );
   Console::WriteLine( S"   CurrencySymbol:               {0}", myRI1->CurrencySymbol );
   Console::WriteLine( S"   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

*/

[JScript] No example is available for JScript. To view a Visual Basic, C#, or C++ example, click the Language Filter button in the upper-left corner of the page.

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, .NET Compact Framework

See Also

RegionInfo Class | RegionInfo Members | System.Globalization Namespace