How to get a system character in a string

Question

If I do this:

Console.Write("The sum is {0:c}", 12);

I am on a Swedish computer, so he will return: The amount is 12,00 kr

But is there an easy way to get only a currency symbol, without a number? Like this (obviously, this does not work, but just to show what I need):

 Console.Write("The symbol is {c}");

I would like this to output: Symbol: kr

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Christoffer Jul 6 '12 at 13:36

3 answers

You can use:

System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat.CurrencySymbol;

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Daveshaw Jul 6 '12 at 13:38

You can get this from NumberFormat in CurrentCulture:

Console.Write(System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat.CurrencySymbol)

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John kerner Jul 6 '12 at 13:38

Alex schimp · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-06T13:45:55+0000

This code should return the currency symbol you are looking for.

System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.CurrencySymbol

To get the ISO currency symbol

You can also use the following:

System.Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.ISOCurrencySymbol