25.10.1.setlocale |
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Item | Value | Header file | locale.h | Declaration | char *setlocale(int type, const char *locale); | Function | set local information |
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type must be one of the following macros (defined in ): |
- LC_ALL: refers to all localization categories.
- LC_COLLATE: affects the operation of the strcoll() function.
- LC_CTYPE: alters the way the character functions work.
- LC_MONETARY: determines the monetary format.
- LC_NUMERIC: changes the decimal-point character for formatted input/output functions.
- LC_TIME: determines the behavior of the strftime() function.
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The setlocale() function returns a pointer to a string associated with the type parameter. |
Display the current locale setting: |
#include <locale.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
printf(setlocale(LC_ALL, ""));
return 0;
}
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