RegionInfo.IsMetric Property
.NET Framework 3.0
Gets a value indicating whether the country/region uses the metric system for measurements.
Namespace: System.Globalization
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
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 */
import System.*;
import System.Globalization.*;
public class SamplesRegionInfo
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Displays the property values of the RegionInfo for "US".
RegionInfo myRI1 = new RegionInfo("US");
Console.WriteLine(" Name: {0}",
myRI1.get_Name());
Console.WriteLine(" DisplayName: {0}",
myRI1.get_DisplayName());
Console.WriteLine(" EnglishName: {0}",
myRI1.get_EnglishName());
Console.WriteLine(" IsMetric: {0}",
System.Convert.ToString( myRI1.get_IsMetric()));
Console.WriteLine(" ThreeLetterISORegionName: {0}",
myRI1.get_ThreeLetterISORegionName());
Console.WriteLine(" ThreeLetterWindowsRegionName: {0}",
myRI1.get_ThreeLetterWindowsRegionName());
Console.WriteLine(" TwoLetterISORegionName: {0}",
myRI1.get_TwoLetterISORegionName());
Console.WriteLine(" CurrencySymbol: {0}",
myRI1.get_CurrencySymbol());
Console.WriteLine(" ISOCurrencySymbol: {0}",
myRI1.get_ISOCurrencySymbol());
} //main
} //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
*/
Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.