RegionInfo.IsMetric Property
.NET Framework 3.5
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 */
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