CultureInfo.IsNeutralCulture Property

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the current CultureInfo object represents a neutral culture; otherwise, false.

Imports System.Globalization

Public Class Example

   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
      outputBlock.FontFamily = New System.Windows.Media.FontFamily("Courier New")

      ' Create an array of Chinese culture names.
      Dim cultureNames() As String = { "zh-CN", "zh-Hans", "zh-Hant", "zh-HK", _  
                                       "zh-MO", "zh-SG", "zh-TW" }

      ' Determine if each culture is a neutral culture.
      For Each cultureName As String In cultureNames
         Dim ci As New CultureInfo(cultureName)
         outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0,-7} {1,-40}", ci.Name, ci.EnglishName)
         If ci.IsNeutralCulture Then
            outputBlock.Text &= ": neutral" & vbCrLf
         Else
            outputBlock.Text &= ": specific" & vbCrLf
         End If
      Next
   End Sub
End Class
'  This example produces the following output.
'    zh-CN   Chinese (People's Republic of China)    : specific
'    zh-Hans Chinese                                 : neutral
'    zh-Hant Chinese                                 : neutral
'    zh-HK   Chinese (Hong Kong S.A.R.)              : specific
'    zh-MO  Chinese (Macao S.A.R.)                   : specific
'    zh-SG  Chinese (Singapore)                      : specific
'    zh-TW  Chinese (Taiwan)                         : specific

using System;
using System.Globalization;

public class Example
{

   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {
      outputBlock.FontFamily = new System.Windows.Media.FontFamily("Courier New");

      // Create an array of Chinese culture names.
      string[] cultureNames = { "zh-CN", "zh-Hans", "zh-Hant", "zh-HK",  
                                "zh-MO", "zh-SG", "zh-TW" };

      // Determine if each culture is a neutral culture.
      foreach (string cultureName in cultureNames)
      {
         CultureInfo ci = new CultureInfo(cultureName);

         outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0,-7} {1,-40}", ci.Name, ci.EnglishName);
         if (ci.IsNeutralCulture)
               outputBlock.Text += ": neutral" + "\n";
         else
               outputBlock.Text += ": specific" + "\n";
      }

   }

}
/*
This example produces the following output.
   zh-CN   Chinese (People's Republic of China)    : specific
   zh-Hans Chinese                                 : neutral
   zh-Hant Chinese                                 : neutral
   zh-HK   Chinese (Hong Kong S.A.R.)              : specific
   zh-MO  Chinese (Macao S.A.R.)                   : specific
   zh-SG  Chinese (Singapore)                      : specific
   zh-TW  Chinese (Taiwan)                         : specific
*/