RegionInfo::CurrencyNativeName Property

 

Gets the name of the currency used in the country/region, formatted in the native language of the country/region.

Namespace:   System.Globalization
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public:
[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
property String^ CurrencyNativeName {
	virtual String^ get();
}

Property Value

Type: System::String^

The native name of the currency used in the country/region, formatted in the language associated with the ISO 3166 country/region code.

If the current RegionInfo object is created with a specific culture and more than one language is used in the corresponding country/region, the CurrencyNativeName property retrieves the currency name associated with the specific culture.

The value of this property depends on the language that is associated with a particular country/region. Therefore, if you intend to use the CurrencyNativeName property, you should instantiate the RegionInfo object by passing the RegionInfo(String^) constructor a combined language and country/region code. For example, if a RegionInfo object is instantiated with a combined language and country/region code of "en-CA" for English (Canada), the value of its CurrencyNativeName property is "Canadian Dollar". If it is instantiated with a combined language and country/region code of "fr-CA" for French (Canada), the value of its CurrencyNativeName property is "Dollar canadien". Therefore, creating the RegionInfo object with only a country/region name ("CA" in this case) is not specific enough to distinguish the appropriate native currency name.

The following code example demonstrates the CurrencyNativeName property.

// This example demonstrates the RegionInfo.EnglishName, NativeName,
// CurrencyEnglishName, CurrencyNativeName, and GeoId properties.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;

int main()
{
    // Regional Info for Sweden
    RegionInfo^ ri = gcnew RegionInfo("SE");

    Console::Clear();
    Console::WriteLine("Region English Name: . . . {0}", ri->EnglishName);
    Console::WriteLine("Native Name: . . . . . . . {0}", ri->NativeName);
    Console::WriteLine("Currency English Name: . . {0}",
        ri->CurrencyEnglishName);
    Console::WriteLine("Currency Native Name:. . . {0}",
        ri->CurrencyNativeName);
    Console::WriteLine("Geographical ID: . . . . . {0}", ri->GeoId);
}
/*
This code example produces the following results:

Region English Name: . . . Sweden
Native Name: . . . . . . . Sverige
Currency English Name: . . Swedish Krona
Currency Native Name:. . . Svensk krona
Geographical ID: . . . . . 221

*/

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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