CultureInfo.IsNeutralCulture Property
Definition
Gets a value indicating whether the current CultureInfo represents a neutral culture.
public:
virtual property bool IsNeutralCulture { bool get(); };
public virtual bool IsNeutralCulture { get; }
member this.IsNeutralCulture : bool
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property IsNeutralCulture As Boolean
Property Value
true
if the current CultureInfo represents a neutral culture; otherwise, false
.
Examples
The following code example determines which cultures using the Chinese language are neutral cultures.
Note
The example displays the older zh-CHS and zh-CHT culture names with the 0x0004 and 0x7C04 culture identifiers, respectively. However, your Windows Vista applications should use the zh-Hans name instead of zh-CHS and the zh-Hant name instead of zh-CHT. The zh-Hans and zh-Hant names represent the current standard, and should be used unless you have a reason for using the older names.
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;
int main()
{
// Lists the cultures that use the Chinese language and determines if each is a neutral culture.
System::Collections::IEnumerator^ enum0 = CultureInfo::GetCultures( CultureTypes::AllCultures )->GetEnumerator();
while ( enum0->MoveNext() )
{
CultureInfo^ ci = safe_cast<CultureInfo^>(enum0->Current);
if ( ci->TwoLetterISOLanguageName->Equals( "zh" ) )
{
Console::Write( "{0,-7} {1,-40}", ci->Name, ci->EnglishName );
if ( ci->IsNeutralCulture )
{
Console::WriteLine( ": neutral" );
}
else
{
Console::WriteLine( ": specific" );
}
}
}
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
zh-Hans Chinese (Simplified) : neutral
zh-TW Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) : specific
zh-CN Chinese (Simplified, PRC) : specific
zh-HK Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong S.A.R.) : specific
zh-SG Chinese (Simplified, Singapore) : specific
zh-MO Chinese (Traditional, Macao S.A.R.) : specific
zh Chinese : neutral
zh-Hant Chinese (Traditional) : neutral
zh-CHS Chinese (Simplified) Legacy : neutral
zh-CHT Chinese (Traditional) Legacy : neutral
*/
using System;
using System.Globalization;
public class SamplesCultureInfo
{
public static void Main()
{
// Lists the cultures that use the Chinese language and determines if each is a neutral culture.
foreach (CultureInfo ci in CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.AllCultures))
{
if (ci.TwoLetterISOLanguageName == "zh")
{
Console.Write("{0,-7} {1,-40}", ci.Name, ci.EnglishName);
if (ci.IsNeutralCulture)
{
Console.WriteLine(": neutral");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine(": specific");
}
}
}
}
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
zh-Hans Chinese (Simplified) : neutral
zh-TW Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) : specific
zh-CN Chinese (Simplified, PRC) : specific
zh-HK Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong S.A.R.) : specific
zh-SG Chinese (Simplified, Singapore) : specific
zh-MO Chinese (Traditional, Macao S.A.R.) : specific
zh Chinese : neutral
zh-Hant Chinese (Traditional) : neutral
zh-CHS Chinese (Simplified) Legacy : neutral
zh-CHT Chinese (Traditional) Legacy : neutral
*/
Imports System.Globalization
Module Module1
Public Sub Main()
' Lists the cultures that use the Chinese language and determines if each is a neutral culture.
Dim ci As CultureInfo
For Each ci In CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.AllCultures)
If ci.TwoLetterISOLanguageName = "zh" Then
Console.Write("{0,-7} {1,-40}", ci.Name, ci.EnglishName)
If ci.IsNeutralCulture Then
Console.WriteLine(": neutral")
Else
Console.WriteLine(": specific")
End If
End If
Next ci
End Sub
End Module
'This code produces the following output.
'
'zh-Hans Chinese (Simplified) : neutral
'zh-TW Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) : specific
'zh-CN Chinese (Simplified, PRC) : specific
'zh-HK Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong S.A.R.) : specific
'zh-SG Chinese (Simplified, Singapore) : specific
'zh-MO Chinese (Traditional, Macao S.A.R.) : specific
'zh Chinese : neutral
'zh-Hant Chinese (Traditional) : neutral
'zh-CHS Chinese (Simplified) Legacy : neutral
'zh-CHT Chinese (Traditional) Legacy : neutral
Remarks
A neutral culture is a culture that is associated with a language but not with a country or region. It differs from a specific culture, which is a culture that is associated with both a language and a country or region. For example, fr is the name for the neutral French culture, while fr-FR is the name for the French culture in France.
If this property returns false
, the culture is either a specific culture or the invariant culture.