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find out whether country/region uses the metric system for measurements

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Published: 11. October 2011 | Updated: 11. October 2011
License: Microsoft Public License (MS-PL)
Categories: Globalization » Regions
Tags: C# Globalization

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Import namespace

using System.Globalization;

Code

var culture = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US");
var regionInfo = new RegionInfo(culture.Name);
bool isMetric = regionInfo.IsMetric;

Console.WriteLine(isMetric);

Console Output:

False

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