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NAME

locale.h, locale - category macros

SYNOPSIS

#include <locale.h>

DESCRIPTION

The <locale.h> header provides a definition for the lconv structure,
which includes the following members. (See the definition of
LC_MONETARY in locale(7).)

char *currency_symbol
char *decimal_point
char frac_digits
char *grouping
char *int_curr_symbol
char int_frac_digits
char int_n_cs_precedes
char int_n_sep_by_space
char int_n_sign_posn
char int_p_cs_precedes
char int_p_sep_by_space
char int_p_sign_posn
char *mon_decimal_point
char *mon_grouping
char *mon_thousands_sep
char *negative_sign
char n_cs_precedes
char n_sep_by_space
char n_sign_posn
char *positive_sign
char p_cs_precedes
char p_sep_by_space
char p_sign_posn
char *thousands_sep

The <locale.h> header defines NULL (as defined in <stddef.h>) and the
following as macros:

LC_ALL
LC_COLLATE
LC_CTYPE
LC_MESSAGES
LC_MONETARY
LC_NUMERIC
LC_TIME

The preceding expand to distinct integer constant expressions, for
use as the first argument to the setlocale() function. See
setlocale(3C).

The <locale.h> header also defines the following macros, for use with
newlocale(3C):

LC_ALL_MASK
LC_COLLATE_MASK
LC_CTYPE_MASK
LC_MESSAGES_MASK
LC_MONETARY_MASK
LC_NUMERIC_MASK
LC_TIME_MASK

In addition, to facilitate the use of per-thread locales with the
uselocale(3C) function, the <locale.h> header defines the following
type and macro:

locale_t

An opaque type that refers to a locale constructed through the
use of the newlocale(3C) function.


LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE

A macro which expands to a locale_t that represents the current
global locale as set by setlocale(3C).


Additional macro definitions, beginning with the characters LC_ and
an uppercase letter, can also be specified here.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:

+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Standard |
+--------------------+-----------------+

SEE ALSO

newlocale(3C), setlocale(3C), uselocale(3C), localeconv(3C),
stddef.h(3HEAD), attributes(7), locale(7), standards(7)

June 23, 2004 LOCALE.H(3HEAD)