RegionInfo.IsMetric Property
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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 Example { public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock) { // Displays the property values of the RegionInfo for "US". RegionInfo myRI1 = new RegionInfo("en-US"); outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" Name: {0}\n", myRI1.Name); outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" DisplayName: {0}\n", myRI1.DisplayName); outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" EnglishName: {0}\n", myRI1.EnglishName); outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" IsMetric: {0}\n", myRI1.IsMetric); outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" TwoLetterISORegionName: {0}\n", myRI1.TwoLetterISORegionName); outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" CurrencySymbol: {0}\n", myRI1.CurrencySymbol); outputBlock.Text += String.Format(" ISOCurrencySymbol: {0}\n", myRI1.ISOCurrencySymbol); } } /* This code produces the following output. Name: US DisplayName: United States EnglishName: United States IsMetric: False TwoLetterISORegionName: US CurrencySymbol: $ ISOCurrencySymbol: USD */
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