How Do I...Use the CultureInfo and RegionInfo classes?
The CultureInfo and RegionInfo classes are exported from the System.Globalization
namespace. CultureInfo contains a culture's DisplayName, Calendar, and
various official abbreviations.
Dim C As CultureInfo = New CultureInfo("en-us")
Console.WriteLine ("The CultureInfo is set to: {0}", C.DisplayName)
Console.WriteLine ("The parent culture is: {0}", C.Parent.DisplayName)
Console.WriteLine ("The three letter ISO language name is: {0}", C.ThreeLetterISOLanguageName)
Console.WriteLine ("The default calendar for this culture is: {0}\n\n", C.Calendar.ToString())
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RegionInfo contains information for a given region including DisplayName, currency information, and official abbreviations. RegionInfo also contains a static property to retreive the CurrentRegion.
Dim R As RegionInfo = New RegionInfo("us")
Console.WriteLine ("The name of this region is: {0}", R.Name)
Console.WriteLine ("The currency symbol for the region is: {0}", R.CurrencySymbol)
Console.WriteLine ("Is this region metric : {0}", R.IsMetric)
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