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The C and C++ Libraries

4.6.10 localeconv()

localeconv()

creates and sets the components of an

lconv

structure with values

appropriate for the formatting of numeric quantities according to the rules of the current

locale.

Syntax

struct lconv* localeconv(void)

Implementation

The members of the structure with type

char

are strings, any of which, except

decimal_point

, can point to

to indicate that the value is not available in the current

locale or is of zero length.

The members with type

char

are non-negative numbers. Any of the members can be

CHAR_MAX

to indicate that the value is not available in the current locale.

The members included in

lconv

are described in The lconv structure on page 4-48.

Returns

The function returns a pointer to the filled-in object. The structure pointed to by the

return value is not modified by the program, but might be overwritten by a subsequent

call to the

localeconv()

function. In addition, calls to the

setlocale()

function with