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11/18/2011

RegionInfo.IsMetric Property

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Gets a value indicating whether the country/region uses the metric system for measurements.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property IsMetric As Boolean

public virtual bool IsMetric { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the country/region uses the metric system for measurements; otherwise, false.

Examples

The following code example displays the properties of the RegionInfo class.

Imports System.Globalization

Public Class Example
   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
      ' Displays the property values of the RegionInfo for "US".
      Dim myRI1 As New RegionInfo("en-US")
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   Name:                         {0}", myRI1.Name) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   DisplayName:                  {0}", myRI1.DisplayName) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   EnglishName:                  {0}", myRI1.EnglishName) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   IsMetric:                     {0}", myRI1.IsMetric) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   TwoLetterISORegionName:       {0}", myRI1.TwoLetterISORegionName) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   CurrencySymbol:               {0}", myRI1.CurrencySymbol) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   ISOCurrencySymbol:            {0}", myRI1.ISOCurrencySymbol) & vbCrLf
   End Sub 
End Class 
' This example produces the following output.
'       Name:                         US
'       DisplayName:                  United States
'       EnglishName:                  United States
'       IsMetric:                     False
'       TwoLetterISORegionName:       US
'       CurrencySymbol:               $
'       ISOCurrencySymbol:            USD

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
*/

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

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