Get Currency Symbol by LanguageCode

Tutorial on using CultureInfo and RegionInfo

Creating multilingual websites

Code to set the culture and get the currency symbol for that culture.

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1. using System;  
2. using System.Data;  
3. using System.Configuration;  
4. using System.Web;  
5. using System.Web.Security;  
6. using System.Web.UI;  
7. using System.Web.UI.WebControls;  
8. using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;  
9. using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;  
10.   
11. using System.Threading;  
12. using System.Globalization;  
13.   
14. /// <summary>  
15. /// Set the culture and get the currency symbol  
16. /// </summary>  
17. public sealed class MyCulture  
18. {  
19.     public MyCulture()  
20.     {  
21.         //  
22.         // TODO: Add constructor logic here  
23.         //  
24.     }  
25.   
26.     public void SetCulture(string CultureCode)  
27.     {  
28.         Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture =   
29.             CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture(CultureCode);  
30.   
31.         Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture =   
32.             new CultureInfo(CultureCode);  
33.     }  
34.   
35.     public string GetCurrencySymbol(string CultureCode)  
36.     {  
37.         SetCulture(CultureCode);  
38.   
39.         CultureInfo UsersCulture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;  
40.         RegionInfo myRegion = new RegionInfo(UsersCulture.LCID);  
41.   
42.         return myRegion.CurrencySymbol;  
43.     }  
44. }  

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

using System.Threading;
using System.Globalization;

/// 

/// Set the culture and get the currency symbol
/// 
public sealed class MyCulture
{
    public MyCulture()
    {
        //
        // TODO: Add constructor logic here
        //
    }

    public void SetCulture(string CultureCode)
    {
        Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = 
            CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture(CultureCode);

        Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = 
            new CultureInfo(CultureCode);
    }

    public string GetCurrencySymbol(string CultureCode)
    {
        SetCulture(CultureCode);

        CultureInfo UsersCulture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
        RegionInfo myRegion = new RegionInfo(UsersCulture.LCID);

        return myRegion.CurrencySymbol;
    }
}

How to pass the input?

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1. MyCulture obj = new MyCulture();  
2. String symbol = obj.GetCurrencySymbol("ta-IN");  

MyCulture obj = new MyCulture();
String symbol = obj.GetCurrencySymbol("ta-IN");

When we are passing the input culture is necessary.
i.e. we have to pass "ta-IN" or "ta" but not "IN".

List of CultureCodes
How to add currency symbol in the gridview?
We can do it both from the server side or from the client side.

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1. //Setting currency symbol from the service side  
2.         protected void grdWithCurrencySign_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)  
3.         {  
4.             if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow || e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.Header)  
5.             {  
6.                 MyCulture obj = new MyCulture();  
7.                 string symbol = obj.GetCurrencySymbol("ta-in");  
8.   
9.                 e.Row.Cells[1].Text = symbol + " " + e.Row.Cells[1].Text;  
10.             }  
11.         }  
12.   
13.         public string AddCurrency(string amount)  
14.         {  
15.             MyCulture obj = new MyCulture();  
16.             return amount + " " + obj.GetCurrencySymbol("ta-in");  
17.         }  

//Setting currency symbol from the service side
        protected void grdWithCurrencySign_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow || e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.Header)
            {
                MyCulture obj = new MyCulture();
                string symbol = obj.GetCurrencySymbol("ta-in");

                e.Row.Cells[1].Text = symbol + " " + e.Row.Cells[1].Text;
            }
        }

        public string AddCurrency(string amount)
        {
            MyCulture obj = new MyCulture();
            return amount + " " + obj.GetCurrencySymbol("ta-in");
        }

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1. <asp:gridview id="grdWithCurrencySign" runat="server" autogeneratecolumns="false" onrowdatabound="grdWithCurrencySign_RowDataBound">  
2.                 <columns>  
3.                     <asp:boundfield datafield="EmpID" headertext="EmpID">  
4.                     <asp:boundfield datafield="Salary" headertext="Salary">  
5.                     <asp:templatefield headertext="Salary">  
6.                         <itemtemplate>  
7.                             <%# AddCurrency(Convert.ToString(Eval("Salary")))%>  
8.                         </itemtemplate>  
9.                     </asp:templatefield>  
10.                 </asp:boundfield></asp:boundfield></columns>  
11.             </asp:gridview>  

                
                    
                    
                    
                        
                            <%# AddCurrency(Convert.ToString(Eval("Salary")))%>