GetCountryISO (Function)

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GetCountryISO (Function)

In french: DonneISOPays

Warning
From version 25, this function is kept for backward compatibility. We recommend that you use Continent and country management functions.

Returns the ISO code of a country that corresponds to its name according to ISO 3166-1.

Remark: It is also possible to get the ISO code of a country corresponding to a different type of ISO code (for example, the 2-letter ISO code corresponding to a numeric ISO code).

Example

// France ISO code
sFranceISOCode is string = GetCountryISO("France")

Syntax

<Result> = GetCountryISO(<Country name or ISO code> [, <Type of ISO code>])

<Result>: Character string

Country ISO code.

<Country name or ISO code>: Character string

Country ISO name.
Country ISO code. The coding of this ISO code is different from the desired type of coding.

<Type of ISO code>: Optional Integer constant

Type of ISO code returned:
lcAlpha2Code Alphabetical ISO code on 2 characters.
lcAlpha3Code Alphabetical ISO code on 3 characters.
lcNumericCode Numeric ISO code.

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