Localization support

 

C

Language

headers

Type support

Dynamic memory management

Error handling

Program utilities

Variadic function support

Date and time utilities

Strings library

Algorithms

Numerics

Input/output support

Localization support

Thread support (C11)

Atomic operations (C11)

Technical Specifications

 

Localization support

setlocale

localeconv

lconv

Locale categories

LC_ALLLC_COLLATELC_CTYPELC_MONETARYLC_NUMERICLC_TIME

 

Defined in header <locale.h>
setlocale	gets and sets the current C locale (function)
localeconv	queries numeric and monetary formatting details of the current locale (function)
lconv	formatting details, returned by localeconv (struct)
Locale categories
LC_ALLLC_COLLATELC_CTYPELC_MONETARYLC_NUMERICLC_TIME	locale categories for setlocale (macro constant)

References

• C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):

• 7.11 Localization <locale.h> (p: 223-230)

• 7.31.6 Localization <locale.h> (p: 455)

• C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):

• 7.11 Localization <locale.h> (p: 204-211)

• 7.26.5 Localization <locale.h> (p: 401)

• C89/C90 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1990):

• 4.4 LOCALIZATION <locale.h>

• 4.13.3 Localization <locale.h>

See also

C++ documentation for Localization library