Intl.DisplayNames.prototype.of()

The of() method of Intl.DisplayNames instances receives a code and returns a string based on the locale and options provided when instantiating this Intl.DisplayNames object.

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Syntax

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of(code)

Parameters

code

The code to provide depends on the type:

Return value

A language-specific formatted string, or undefined if there's no data for the input and fallback is "none".

Note: fallback is only used if code is structurally valid. See using fallback.

Exceptions

RangeError

Thrown if code is not structurally valid for the given type.

Examples

Using the of method

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const regionNames = new Intl.DisplayNames("en", { type: "region" });
regionNames.of("419"); // "Latin America"

const languageNames = new Intl.DisplayNames("en", { type: "language" });
languageNames.of("fr"); // "French"

const currencyNames = new Intl.DisplayNames("en", { type: "currency" });
currencyNames.of("EUR"); // "Euro"

Using fallback

When the Intl.DisplayNames is constructed with fallback: "code", the of() method will return the code if the input looks structurally valid but there's no data for the input. If fallback is "none", undefined is returned.

js

console.log(
  new Intl.DisplayNames("en", { type: "region", fallback: "code" }).of("ZL"),
); // "ZL"

console.log(
  new Intl.DisplayNames("en", { type: "region", fallback: "none" }).of("ZL"),
); // undefined

However, this only applies if the code is structurally valid. For example, if type is "region" but code does not follow the unicode_region_subtag grammar (2 alphabetic characters or 3 numeric characters), a RangeError is directly thrown instead of using the fallback.

js

console.log(
  new Intl.DisplayNames("en", { type: "region", fallback: "code" }).of("ZLC"),
); // throws RangeError: invalid value "ZLC" for option region

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Internationalization API Specification
# sec-Intl.DisplayNames.prototype.of

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