CultureInfo.GetCultures Method
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
'Declaration Public Shared Function GetCultures ( _ types As CultureTypes _ ) As CultureInfo() 'Usage Dim types As CultureTypes Dim returnValue As CultureInfo() returnValue = CultureInfo.GetCultures(types)
public static CultureInfo[] GetCultures ( CultureTypes types )
public static function GetCultures ( types : CultureTypes ) : CultureInfo[]
Parameters
- types
A bitwise combination of CultureTypes values that filter the cultures to retrieve.
Return Value
An array of type CultureInfo that contains the cultures specified by the types parameter. The array of cultures is unsorted.Setting the types parameter to the SpecificCultures value returns all specific cultures. Setting types to the NeutralCultures value returns all neutral cultures and the invariant culture. Setting types to the AllCultures value returns all neutral and specific cultures, cultures installed in the Windows system, and custom cultures created by the user.
The following code example displays several properties of the neutral cultures.
Imports System Imports System.Globalization Public Class SamplesCultureInfo Public Shared Sub Main() ' Displays several properties of the neutral cultures. Console.WriteLine("CULTURE ISO ISO WIN DISPLAYNAME ENGLISHNAME") Dim ci As CultureInfo For Each ci In CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.NeutralCultures) Console.Write("{0,-7}", ci.Name) Console.Write(" {0,-3}", ci.TwoLetterISOLanguageName) Console.Write(" {0,-3}", ci.ThreeLetterISOLanguageName) Console.Write(" {0,-3}", ci.ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName) Console.Write(" {0,-40}", ci.DisplayName) Console.WriteLine(" {0,-40}", ci.EnglishName) Next ci End Sub 'Main End Class 'SamplesCultureInfo 'This code produces the following output. This output has been cropped for brevity. ' 'CULTURE ISO ISO WIN DISPLAYNAME ENGLISHNAME 'ar ar ara ARA Arabic Arabic 'bg bg bul BGR Bulgarian Bulgarian 'ca ca cat CAT Catalan Catalan 'zh-CHS zh zho CHS Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Simplified) 'zh-CHT zh zho CHT Chinese (Traditional) Chinese (Traditional) 'cs cs ces CSY Czech Czech 'da da dan DAN Danish Danish 'de de deu DEU German German 'el el ell ELL Greek Greek 'en en eng ENU English English 'es es spa ESP Spanish Spanish 'fi fi fin FIN Finnish Finnish
import System.* ;
import System.Globalization.* ;
public class SamplesCultureInfo
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Displays several properties of the neutral cultures.
Console.WriteLine("CULTURE ISO ISO WIN DISPLAYNAME "
+ " ENGLISHNAME");
for (int iCtr = 0;
iCtr < (CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.NeutralCultures).
length); iCtr++) {
CultureInfo ci =
CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.NeutralCultures)[iCtr];
Console.Write("{0,-7}", ci.get_Name());
Console.Write(" {0,-3}", ci.get_TwoLetterISOLanguageName());
Console.Write(" {0,-3}", ci.get_ThreeLetterISOLanguageName());
Console.Write(" {0,-3}", ci.get_ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName());
Console.Write(" {0,-40}", ci.get_DisplayName());
Console.WriteLine(" {0,-40}", ci.get_EnglishName());
}
} //main
} //SamplesCultureInfo
/*
This code produces the following output. This output has been cropped
for brevity.
CULTURE ISO ISO WIN DISPLAYNAME ENGLISHNAME
ar ar ara ARA Arabic Arabic
bg bg bul BGR Bulgarian Bulgarian
ca ca cat CAT Catalan Catalan
zh-CHS zh zho CHS Chinese (Simplified) Chinese
(Simplified)
zh-CHT zh zho CHT Chinese (Traditional) Chinese
(Traditional)
cs cs ces CSY Czech Czech
da da dan DAN Danish Danish
de de deu DEU German German
el el ell ELL Greek Greek
en en eng ENU English English
es es spa ESP Spanish Spanish
fi fi fin FIN Finnish Finnish
*/
Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
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