RegionInfo Class contains information about the country/region.
Imports System
Imports System.Globalization
Public Class SamplesRegionInfo
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim myRI1 As New 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)
Console.WriteLine()
' Compares the RegionInfo above with another RegionInfo created using CultureInfo.
Dim myRI2 As New RegionInfo(New CultureInfo("en-US", False).LCID)
If myRI1.Equals(myRI2) Then
Console.WriteLine("The two RegionInfo instances are equal.")
Else
Console.WriteLine("The two RegionInfo instances are NOT equal.")
End If
End Sub 'Main
End Class