RegionInfo::TwoLetterISORegionName Property
Gets the two-letter code defined in ISO 3166 for the country/region.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
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".
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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, the TwoLetterISORegionName, and the ThreeLetterISORegionName properties return the appropriate code in uppercase.
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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 English country names and code elements on the ISO website.
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 */
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1

