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RegionInfo.TwoLetterISORegionName Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Globalization
Assembly:
System.Globalization.dll
Assembly:
System.Runtime.dll
Assembly:
mscorlib.dll
Assembly:
netstandard.dll
Source:
RegionInfo.cs
Source:
RegionInfo.cs
Source:
RegionInfo.cs

Gets the two-letter code defined in ISO 3166 for the country/region.

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ TwoLetterISORegionName { System::String ^ get(); };
public virtual string TwoLetterISORegionName { get; }
member this.TwoLetterISORegionName : string
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property TwoLetterISORegionName As String

Property Value

String

The two-letter code defined in ISO 3166 for the country/region.

Examples

The following code example displays the properties of the RegionInfo class.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;
int main()
{
   
   // Displays the property values of the RegionInfo for "US".
   RegionInfo^ myRI1 = gcnew 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

*/

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

*/

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

End Class


'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

Remarks

The RegionInfo name is one of the two-letter codes defined in ISO 3166 for country/region. For example, the two-letter code for United States is "US".

Important

In some cases, the TwoLetterISORegionName property may have more than two characters. For example, the value of the TwoLetterISORegionName property for the Caribbean region is "029".

Case is not significant. However, the Name, TwoLetterISORegionName, and ThreeLetterISORegionName properties return the appropriate code in uppercase.

Warning

If you want to persist a RegionInfo object or communicate it between processes, you should instantiate it by using a full culture name rather than a two-letter ISO region code. Because RegionInfo properties depend on script and language, instantiating a RegionInfo object by using only a region code loses context and data.

The predefined RegionInfo names are listed in ISO 3166: Country codes.

Applies to

See also