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localeconv(3C) localeconv(3C)

RETURN VALUE

localeconv() returns a pointer to the ﬁlled-in

struct lconv.

EXAMPLES

The following table illustrates the formatting used in ﬁve languages for monetary quantities.

Country Positive format Negative format International format

en_US.iso88591 $1,234.56 -$1,234.56 USD 1,234.56

it_IT.iso88591 L.1.234 -L.1.234 ITL.1.234

nl_NL.iso88591 F 1.234,56 F -1.234,56 NLG 1.234,56

no_NO.iso88591 kr1.234,56 kr1.234,56- NOK 1.234,56

pt_PT.iso88591 1,234$56 -1,234$56 PTE 1,234$56

For these ﬁve languages, the respective values for the monetary members of the structure returned by

localeconv() are:

en_US. it_IT. nl_NL. no_NO. pt_PT.

iso88591 iso88591 .iso88591 iso88591 iso88591

int_curr_symbol USD ITL. NLG NOK PTE

currency_symbol $ L. F kr $

mon_decimal_point . "" , , $

mon_thousands_sep , . . . ,

mon_grouping \3 \3 \3 \3 \3

positive_sign "" "" "" "" ""

negative_sign - - - - -

int_frac_digits 2 0 2 2 2

frac_digits 2 0 2 2 2

p_cs_precedes 1 1 1 1 0

p_sep_by_space 0 0 1 0 0

n_cs_precedes 1 1 1 1 0

n_sep_by_space 0 0 1 0 0

p_sign_posn 1 1 1 1 1

n_sign_posn 4 1 4 2 1

WARNINGS

The structure returned by localeconv() should not be modiﬁed by the calling program. Calls to

set-

locale()

with categories LC_ALL, LC_MONETARY,orLC_NUMERIC can overwrite the contents of the

structure that localeconv() points to when it returns (see setlocale (3C)).

AUTHOR

localeconv() was developed by OSF and HP.