Mono Class Library: Mono.Unix.Catalog Overview | Members

Mono.Unix.Catalog.GetString Method

Returns a native language translation of the text passed as the parameter. [Edit]

public static string GetString (string s)

Parameters

s
A string containing the text to be translated. It is used as the key to search the catalog on. [Edit]

Returns

The translated string, if found in the catalog, s otherwise. [Edit]

Remarks

The following example demonstrates the use of the Mono.Unix.Catalog type. See also: http://www.mono-project.com/Internationalization.

C# Example
// File: i18n.cs
using System;
using Mono.Unix;
 
public class i18n
{
    public static void Main(string[] argv)
    {
        Catalog.Init ("i18n", "./locale");
        Console.WriteLine (Catalog.GetString ("My name is") + " Enzo");
        int i = 20;
        Console.WriteLine (Catalog.GetPluralString ("I'm {0} year old.",
				    "I'm {0} years old.", i), i);
    }
}
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Requirements

Namespace: Mono.Unix
Assembly: Mono.Posix (in Mono.Posix.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0
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