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| .\" Copyright (c) 1993 by Thomas Koenig (ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de) |
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| .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft |
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| .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 19:01:20 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) |
| .TH localeconv 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" |
| .SH NAME |
| localeconv \- get numeric formatting information |
| .SH LIBRARY |
| Standard C library |
| .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc ) |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .nf |
| .B #include <locale.h> |
| .P |
| .B struct lconv *localeconv(void); |
| .fi |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| The |
| .BR localeconv () |
| function returns a pointer to a |
| .I struct lconv |
| for the current locale. |
| This structure is shown in |
| .BR locale (7), |
| and contains all values associated with the locale categories |
| .B LC_NUMERIC |
| and |
| .BR LC_MONETARY . |
| Programs may also use the functions |
| .BR printf (3) |
| and |
| .BR strfmon (3), |
| which behave according to the actual locale in use. |
| .SH RETURN VALUE |
| The |
| .BR localeconv () |
| function returns a pointer to a filled in |
| .IR "struct lconv" . |
| This structure may be (in glibc, |
| .IR is ) |
| statically allocated, and may be overwritten by subsequent calls. |
| According to POSIX, |
| the caller should not modify the contents of this structure. |
| The |
| .BR localeconv () |
| function always succeeds. |
| .SH ATTRIBUTES |
| For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see |
| .BR attributes (7). |
| .TS |
| allbox; |
| lb lb lbx |
| l l l. |
| Interface Attribute Value |
| T{ |
| .na |
| .nh |
| .BR localeconv () |
| T} Thread safety T{ |
| .na |
| .nh |
| MT-Unsafe race:localeconv locale |
| T} |
| .TE |
| .SH STANDARDS |
| C11. |
| .SH HISTORY |
| C89. |
| .SH BUGS |
| The |
| .BR printf (3) |
| family of functions may or may not honor the current locale. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR locale (1), |
| .BR localedef (1), |
| .BR isalpha (3), |
| .BR nl_langinfo (3), |
| .BR setlocale (3), |
| .BR strcoll (3), |
| .BR strftime (3), |
| .BR locale (7) |
