319 lines
8.5 KiB
Groff
319 lines
8.5 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: setlocale.3,v 1.7 1999/09/05 09:19:35 kleink Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" Donn Seeley at BSDI.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)setlocale.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
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.\"
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.Dd June 9, 1993
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.Dt SETLOCALE 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm setlocale ,
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.Nm localeconv
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.Nd natural language formatting for C
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <locale.h>
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.Ft char *
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.Fn setlocale "int category" "const char *locale"
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.Ft struct lconv *
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.Fn localeconv "void"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn setlocale
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function sets the C library's notion
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of natural language formatting style
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for particular sets of routines.
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Each such style is called a
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.Sq locale
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and is invoked using an appropriate name passed as a C string.
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The
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.Fn localeconv
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routine returns the current locale's parameters
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for formatting numbers.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn setlocale
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function recognizes several categories of routines.
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These are the categories and the sets of routines they select:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width LC_MONETARY
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.It Dv LC_ALL
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Set the entire locale generically.
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.It Dv LC_COLLATE
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Set a locale for string collation routines.
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This controls alphabetic ordering in
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.Fn strcoll
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and
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.Fn strxfrm .
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.It Dv LC_CTYPE
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Set a locale for the
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.Xr ctype 3
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functions.
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This controls recognition of upper and lower case,
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alphabetic or non-alphabetic characters,
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and so on. The real work is done by the
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.Fn setrunelocale
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function.
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.It Dv LC_MONETARY
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Set a locale for formatting monetary values;
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this affects the
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.Fn localeconv
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function.
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.It Dv LC_NUMERIC
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Set a locale for formatting numbers.
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This controls the formatting of decimal points
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in input and output of floating point numbers
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in functions such as
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.Fn printf
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and
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.Fn scanf ,
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as well as values returned by
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.Fn localeconv .
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.It Dv LC_TIME
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Set a locale for formatting dates and times using the
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.Fn strftime
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function.
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.El
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.Pp
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Only three locales are defined by default,
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the empty string
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.Li "\&""\|""
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which denotes the native environment, and the
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.Li "\&""C""
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and
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.Li "\&""POSIX""
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locales, which denote the C language environment.
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A
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.Fa locale
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argument of
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.Dv NULL
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causes
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.Fn setlocale
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to return the current locale.
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By default, C programs start in the
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.Li "\&""C""
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locale.
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The only function in the library that sets the locale is
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.Fn setlocale ;
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the locale is never changed as a side effect of some other routine.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn localeconv
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function returns a pointer to a structure
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which provides parameters for formatting numbers,
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especially currency values:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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struct lconv {
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char *decimal_point;
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char *thousands_sep;
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char *grouping;
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char *int_curr_symbol;
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char *currency_symbol;
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char *mon_decimal_point;
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char *mon_thousands_sep;
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char *mon_grouping;
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char *positive_sign;
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char *negative_sign;
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char int_frac_digits;
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char frac_digits;
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char p_cs_precedes;
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char p_sep_by_space;
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char n_cs_precedes;
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char n_sep_by_space;
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char p_sign_posn;
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char n_sign_posn;
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};
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The individual fields have the following meanings:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width mon_decimal_point
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.It Fa decimal_point
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The decimal point character, except for currency values.
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.It Fa thousands_sep
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The separator between groups of digits
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before the decimal point, except for currency values.
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.It Fa grouping
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The sizes of the groups of digits, except for currency values.
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This is a pointer to a vector of integers, each of size
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.Va char ,
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representing group size from low order digit groups
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to high order (right to left).
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The list may be terminated with 0 or
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.Dv CHAR_MAX .
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If the list is terminated with 0,
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the last group size before the 0 is repeated to account for all the digits.
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If the list is terminated with
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.Dv CHAR_MAX ,
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no more grouping is performed.
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.It Fa int_curr_symbol
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The standardized international currency symbol.
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.It Fa currency_symbol
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The local currency symbol.
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.It Fa mon_decimal_point
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The decimal point character for currency values.
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.It Fa mon_thousands_sep
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The separator for digit groups in currency values.
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.It Fa mon_grouping
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Like
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.Fa grouping
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but for currency values.
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.It Fa positive_sign
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The character used to denote nonnegative currency values,
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usually the empty string.
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.It Fa negative_sign
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The character used to denote negative currency values,
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usually a minus sign.
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.It Fa int_frac_digits
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The number of digits after the decimal point
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in an international-style currency value.
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.It Fa frac_digits
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The number of digits after the decimal point
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in the local style for currency values.
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.It Fa p_cs_precedes
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1 if the currency symbol precedes the currency value
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for nonnegative values, 0 if it follows.
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.It Fa p_sep_by_space
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1 if a space is inserted between the currency symbol
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and the currency value for nonnegative values, 0 otherwise.
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.It Fa n_cs_precedes
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Like
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.Fa p_cs_precedes
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but for negative values.
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.It Fa n_sep_by_space
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Like
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.Fa p_sep_by_space
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but for negative values.
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.It Fa p_sign_posn
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The location of the
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.Fa positive_sign
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with respect to a nonnegative quantity and the
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.Fa currency_symbol ,
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coded as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width 3n -compact
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.It Li 0
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Parentheses around the entire string.
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.It Li 1
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Before the string.
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.It Li 2
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After the string.
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.It Li 3
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Just before
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.Fa currency_symbol .
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.It Li 4
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Just after
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.Fa currency_symbol .
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.El
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.It Fa n_sign_posn
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Like
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.Fa p_sign_posn
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but for negative currency values.
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.El
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.Pp
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Unless mentioned above,
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an empty string as a value for a field
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indicates a zero length result or
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a value that is not in the current locale.
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A
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.Dv CHAR_MAX
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result similarly denotes an unavailable value.
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.Sh "RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn setlocale
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function returns
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.Dv NULL
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and fails to change the locale
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if the given combination of
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.Fa category
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and
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.Fa locale
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makes no sense.
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The
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.Fn localeconv
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function returns a pointer to a static object
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which may be altered by later calls to
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.Fn setlocale
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or
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.Fn localeconv .
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.\" .Sh FILES XXX
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.\" .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/locale/locale/category -compact XXX
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.\" .It Pa $PATH_LOCALE/\fIlocale\fP/\fIcategory\fP XXX
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.\" .It Pa /usr/share/locale/\fIlocale\fP/\fIcategory\fP XXX
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.\" locale file for the locale \fIlocale\fP XXX
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.\" and the category \fIcategory\fP. XXX
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.\" .El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr nl_langinfo 3
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.\" .Xr strcoll 3 , XXX
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.\" .Xr strxfrm 3 XXX
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn setlocale
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and
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.Fn localeconv
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functions conform to
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.St -ansiC .
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn setlocale
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and
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.Fn localeconv
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functions first appeared in
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.Bx 4.4 .
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.Sh BUGS
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The current implementation supports only the
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.Li "\&""C""
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and
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.Li "\&""POSIX""
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locales for all but the LC_CTYPE locale.
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.Pp
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In spite of the gnarly currency support in
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.Fn localeconv ,
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the standards don't include any functions
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for generalized currency formatting.
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.Pp
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.Dv LC_COLLATE
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does not make sense for many languages.
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Use of
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.Dv LC_MONETARY
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could lead to misleading results until we have a real time currency
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conversion function.
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.Dv LC_NUMERIC
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and
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.Dv LC_TIME
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are personal choices and should not be wrapped up with the other categories.
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