Java Locale getCountry() method

The getCountry() method of Java Locale class returns the country/region code for this locale. This code can either be the empty string, an uppercase ISO 3166 2-letter code. If none is defined, this method will return the empty string.

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The getCountry() method returns the country/region code. This method returns empty string if none is defined.

Example 1

import java.util.*;
public class LocaleGetCountryExample1 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
	// Creating a new Locale
       Locale locale1 = new Locale("English", "IN");

// display locale
System.out.println("Locale Name: "+ locale1);

// Use of getCountry()
System.out.println("Country Name: "
                           + locale1.getCountry());
   }
}

Output:

Locale Name: english_IN
Country Name: IN

Example 2

import java.util.*;
public class LocaleGetCountryExample2 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
	
// Creating a new Locale
       Locale locale1 = new Locale("German", "AU");
// Creating another Locale
       Locale locale2 = new Locale("Spanish", "EC");

// display locale
System.out.println("Locale1 name: "+ locale1);
System.out.println("Locale2 name: "+ locale2);

// Use of getCountry() :
System.out.println("Country Name of locale1: "
                           + locale1.getCountry());
System.out.println("Country Name of locale2: "
               + locale2.getCountry());
   }
}

Output:

Locale1 name: german_AU
Locale2 name: spanish_EC
Country Name of locale1: AU
Country Name of locale2: EC

Example 3

import java.util.*;
public class LocaleGetCountryExample3 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
	
	// Creating Locales
       Locale locale1 = new Locale("German", "AU");
       Locale locale2 = new Locale("Spanish", "EC");
       Locale locale3 = new Locale("French", "BE");

// display locale
System.out.println("Locale1 name: "+ locale1);
System.out.println("Locale2 name: "+ locale2);
System.out.println("Locale3 name: "+ locale3);

// Use of getDisplayCountry() :
System.out.println("Country Name of Locale1: "
                           + locale1.getCountry());
System.out.println("Country Name of Locale2: "
               + locale2.getCountry());
System.out.println("Country Name of Locale3: "
               + locale3.getCountry());
   }
}

Output:

Locale1 name: german_AU
Locale2 name: spanish_EC
Locale3 name: french_BE
Country Name of Locale1: AU
Country Name of Locale2: EC
Country Name of Locale3: BE

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