Java Locale getCountry() Method

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Description

The Java Locale getCountry() method returns the country/region code for this locale, which will either be the empty string or an uppercase ISO 3166 2-letter code.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.Locale.getCountry() method

 public String getCountry() 

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

Exception

NA

Getting Country from US Locale Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Locale getCountry() method. We're creating a locale of US and then its country is retrieved and printed.

 package com.tutorialspoint; import java.util.Locale; public class LocaleDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { // create a new locale Locale locale = Locale.US; // print this locale System.out.println("Locale1:" + locale); // print the country of this locale System.out.println("Country:" + locale.getCountry()); } } 

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

 Locale1:en_US Country:US 

Getting Country from Canada Locale Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Locale getCountry() method. We're creating a locale of Canada and then its country is retrieved and printed.

 package com.tutorialspoint; import java.util.Locale; public class LocaleDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { // create a new locale Locale locale = Locale.CANADA; // print this locale System.out.println("Locale1:" + locale); // print the country of this locale System.out.println("Country:" + locale.getCountry()); } } 

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

 Locale1:en_CA Country:CA 

Getting Country from FRANCE Locale Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Locale getCountry() method. We're creating a locale of France and then its country is retrieved and printed.

 package com.tutorialspoint; import java.util.Locale; public class LocaleDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { // create a new locale Locale locale = Locale.FRANCE; // print this locale System.out.println("Locale1:" + locale); // print the country of this locale System.out.println("Country:" + locale.getCountry()); } } 

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

 Locale1:fr_FR Country:FR