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Java Locale getCountry() Method with Example

Locale Class getCountry() method: Here, we are going to learn about the getCountry() method of Locale Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on March 08, 2020

Locale Class getCountry() method

• getCountry() method is available in java.util package.
• getCountry() method is used to get the country code for this Locale and the code may like the empty string "", or two-letter code (ISO 3166).
• getCountry() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• getCountry() method does not throw an exception at the time of returning country code.

Syntax:

    public String getCountry();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

The return type of the method is String, it returns country code of this Locale.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of String getCountry() method of Locale 

import java.util.*;

public class GetCountryOfLocale {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Locale lo = new Locale("JAPANESE", "JAPAN");

        // Display Locale
        System.out.println("lo: " + lo);

        // By using getCountry() method is
        // to return the country code for this
        // locale lo
        String lo_country = lo.getCountry();

        // Display Locale Country
        System.out.println("lo.getCountry(): " + lo_country);
    }
}

Output

lo: japanese_JAPAN
lo.getCountry(): JAPAN