Display Currency Symbols using ISO standards in ASP.NET

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I stumbled across an interesting question about localization/globalization recently. The user wanted to print currency symbols using the ISO standards and wanted to find out if there was an easy way to do so using ASP.NET

Yes, there is! Use the RegionInfo.ISOCurrencySymbol Property. Here’s how

C#

string symbol = RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.ISOCurrencySymbol;

Response.Write(symbol);

VB.NET

Dim symbol As String = RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.ISOCurrencySymbol

Response.Write(symbol)

The output on my system is USD, which is according to the ISO 4217 standards

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Suprotim Agarwal, Developer Technologies MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional) is the founder and contributor for DevCurry, DotNetCurry and SQLServerCurry. He is the Chief Editor of a Developer Magazine called DNC Magazine. He has also authored two Books - 51 Recipes using jQuery with ASP.NET Controls. and The Absolutely Awesome jQuery CookBook.

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