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
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