International Number Formats

Introduction

Recently, I was surprised to discover that in addition to the standard US number format (1,234.67) and some European country format (1.234,56 and 1 234,56), there are other number formats. So I wrote a function that lists all of the number formats out there in VB.NET.

Public Function GetCultureSelect() As String
 Dim oHashtable As New Hashtable
 For Each oCultureInfo As System.Globalization.CultureInfo _
	In System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultures_
	(System.Globalization.CultureTypes.AllCultures)
  Dim sKey As String = oCultureInfo.Name
  Dim sName As String = oCultureInfo.EnglishName
  Try
   Dim oNumberFormat As System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo = oCultureInfo.NumberFormat
   Dim s As String = oNumberFormat.CurrencyDecimalSeparator
   Dim sFormat As String = "1" & oNumberFormat.CurrencyGroupSeparator & "234" & _
	oNumberFormat.CurrencyDecimalSeparator & "56"
   If oHashtable.ContainsKey(sFormat) = False Then
    oHashtable.Add(sFormat, sKey & " - " & sName)
   Else
    oHashtable(sFormat) += "<br>" & sKey & " - " & sName
   End If
  Catch ex As Exception
  End Try
 Next
 Dim sb As New System.Text.StringBuilder()
 sb.Append("<table border=1>" & vbCrLf)
 sb.Append("<tr><th>Format</th><th>Country</th></tr>" & vbCrLf)
 For Each oEntry As DictionaryEntry In oHashtable
  sb.Append("<tr><td valign=top>" & oEntry.Key & "</td><td>" & _
	oEntry.Value & "</td></tr>" & vbCrLf)
 Next
 sb.Append("</table>")
 Return sb.ToString()
End Function 

Here is the table this VB.NET function returns:

Format	Country
1,234.56	- Invariant Language (Invariant Country) ar-SA - Arabic (Saudi Arabia) zh-TW - Chinese (Taiwan) en-US - English (United States) he-IL - Hebrew (Israel) ja-JP - Japanese (Japan) ko-KR - Korean (Korea) th-TH - Thai (Thailand) ur-PK - Urdu (Islamic Republic of Pakistan) hy-AM - Armenian (Armenia) af-ZA - Afrikaans (South Africa) hi-IN - Hindi (India) sw-KE - Kiswahili (Kenya) pa-IN - Punjabi (India) gu-IN - Gujarati (India) ta-IN - Tamil (India) te-IN - Telugu (India) kn-IN - Kannada (India) mr-IN - Marathi (India) sa-IN - Sanskrit (India) kok-IN - Konkani (India) syr-SY - Syriac (Syria) dv-MV - Divehi (Maldives) ar-IQ - Arabic (Iraq) zh-CN - Chinese (People's Republic of China) en-GB - English (United Kingdom) es-MX - Spanish (Mexico) ar-EG - Arabic (Egypt) zh-HK - Chinese (Hong Kong S.A.R.) en-AU - English (Australia) ar-LY - Arabic (Libya) zh-SG - Chinese (Singapore) en-CA - English (Canada) es-GT - Spanish (Guatemala) ar-DZ - Arabic (Algeria) zh-MO - Chinese (Macao S.A.R.) en-NZ - English (New Zealand) ar-MA - Arabic (Morocco) en-IE - English (Ireland) es-PA - Spanish (Panama) ar-TN - Arabic (Tunisia) en-ZA - English (South Africa) es-DO - Spanish (Dominican Republic) ar-OM - Arabic (Oman) en-JM - English (Jamaica) ar-YE - Arabic (Yemen) en-029 - English (Caribbean) ar-SY - Arabic (Syria) en-BZ - English (Belize) es-PE - Spanish (Peru) ar-JO - Arabic (Jordan) en-TT - English (Trinidad and Tobago) ar-LB - Arabic (Lebanon) en-ZW - English (Zimbabwe) ar-KW - Arabic (Kuwait) en-PH - English (Republic of the Philippines) ar-AE - Arabic (U.A.E.) ar-BH - Arabic (Bahrain) ar-QA - Arabic (Qatar) es-SV - Spanish (El Salvador) es-HN - Spanish (Honduras) es-NI - Spanish (Nicaragua) es-PR - Spanish (Puerto Rico) zu-ZA - Zulu (South Africa) xh-ZA - Xhosa (South Africa) tn-ZA - Tswana (South Africa) quz-PE - Quechua (Peru) cy-GB - Welsh (United Kingdom) fil-PH - Filipino (Philippines) iu-Latn-CA - Inuktitut (Latin) (Canada) mi-NZ - Maori (New Zealand) ga-IE - Irish (Ireland) moh-CA - Mohawk (Canada) ns-ZA - Northern Sotho (South Africa) mt-MT - Maltese (Malta)
1.234,56	ca-ES - Catalan (Catalan) da-DK - Danish (Denmark) de-DE - German (Germany) el-GR - Greek (Greece) is-IS - Icelandic (Iceland) it-IT - Italian (Italy) nl-NL - Dutch (Netherlands) pt-BR - Portuguese (Brazil) ro-RO - Romanian (Romania) hr-HR - Croatian (Croatia) sq-AL - Albanian (Albania) sv-SE - Swedish (Sweden) tr-TR - Turkish (Turkey) id-ID - Indonesian (Indonesia) sl-SI - Slovenian (Slovenia) lt-LT - Lithuanian (Lithuania) vi-VN - Vietnamese (Vietnam) eu-ES - Basque (Basque) mk-MK - Macedonian (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) fo-FO - Faroese (Faroe Islands) ms-MY - Malay (Malaysia) gl-ES - Galician (Galician) fr-BE - French (Belgium) nl-BE - Dutch (Belgium) pt-PT - Portuguese (Portugal) sr-Latn-CS - Serbian (Latin, Serbia) ms-BN - Malay (Brunei Darussalam) de-AT - German (Austria) es-ES - Spanish (Spain) sr-Cyrl-CS - Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia) de-LU - German (Luxembourg) es-CR - Spanish (Costa Rica) es-VE - Spanish (Venezuela) es-CO - Spanish (Colombia) es-AR - Spanish (Argentina) es-EC - Spanish (Ecuador) es-CL - Spanish (Chile) es-UY - Spanish (Uruguay) es-PY - Spanish (Paraguay) es-BO - Spanish (Bolivia) sr-Cyrl-BA - Serbian (Cyrillic) (Bosnia and Herzegovina) fy-NL - Frisian (Netherlands) se-SE - Sami (Northern) (Sweden) sma-SE - Sami (Southern) (Sweden) hr-BA - Croatian (Bosnia and Herzegovina) bs-Latn-BA - Bosnian (Bosnia and Herzegovina) bs-Cyrl-BA - Bosnian (Cyrillic) (Bosnia and Herzegovina) arn-CL - Mapudungun (Chile) quz-EC - Quechua (Ecuador) sr-Latn-BA - Serbian (Latin) (Bosnia and Herzegovina) smj-SE - Sami (Lule) (Sweden) quz-BO - Quechua (Bolivia)
1'234.56	de-CH - German (Switzerland) it-CH - Italian (Switzerland) fr-CH - French (Switzerland) de-LI - German (Liechtenstein) rm-CH - Romansh (Switzerland)
1 234,56	bg-BG - Bulgarian (Bulgaria) cs-CZ - Czech (Czech Republic) fi-FI - Finnish (Finland) fr-FR - French (France) hu-HU - Hungarian (Hungary) nb-NO - Norwegian, Bokmål (Norway) pl-PL - Polish (Poland) ru-RU - Russian (Russia) sk-SK - Slovak (Slovakia) uk-UA - Ukrainian (Ukraine) be-BY - Belarusian (Belarus) lv-LV - Latvian (Latvia) az-Latn-AZ - Azeri (Latin, Azerbaijan) ka-GE - Georgian (Georgia) uz-Latn-UZ - Uzbek (Latin, Uzbekistan) tt-RU - Tatar (Russia) mn-MN - Mongolian (Cyrillic, Mongolia) nn-NO - Norwegian, Nynorsk (Norway) sv-FI - Swedish (Finland) az-Cyrl-AZ - Azeri (Cyrillic, Azerbaijan) uz-Cyrl-UZ - Uzbek (Cyrillic, Uzbekistan) fr-CA - French (Canada) fr-LU - French (Luxembourg) fr-MC - French (Principality of Monaco) sma-NO - Sami (Southern) (Norway) smn-FI - Sami (Inari) (Finland) se-FI - Sami (Northern) (Finland) sms-FI - Sami (Skolt) (Finland) smj-NO - Sami (Lule) (Norway) lb-LU - Luxembourgish (Luxembourg) se-NO - Sami (Northern) (Norway)
1,234/56	fa-IR - Persian (Iran)
1 234-56	kk-KZ - Kazakh (Kazakhstan) ky-KG - Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan)
1 234.56	et-EE - Estonian (Estonia)

I hope someone might find this information useful.