.\"	$NetBSD: nl_langinfo.3,v 1.5 1999/09/05 09:18:11 kleink Exp $
.\"
.\" Written by J.T. Conklin <jtc@netbsd.org>.
.\" Public domain.
.\"
.Dd July 14, 1994
.Dt NL_LANGINFO 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm nl_langinfo
.Nd get locale information
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <langinfo.h>
.Ft char *
.Fn nl_langinfo "nl_item item"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn nl_langinfo
function returns a pointer to a string containing information 
set by the program's locale.
.Pp
The names and values of
.Fa item
are defined in 
.Aq langinfo.h .
.Sh RETURN VALUE
.Fn nl_langinfo
returns a pointer to an empty string if
.Fa item
is invalid.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr setlocale 3