NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | CONFORMING TO | BUGS | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

The Linux Programming Interface

LOCALECONV(3)             Linux Programmer's Manual            LOCALECONV(3)

NAME         top

       localeconv - get numeric formatting information

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <locale.h>

       struct lconv *localeconv(void);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The localeconv() function returns a pointer to a struct lconv for the
       current locale.  This structure is shown in locale(7), and contains
       all values associated with the locale categories LC_NUMERIC and
       LC_MONETARY.  Programs may also use the functions printf(3) and
       strfmon(3), which behave according to the actual locale in use.

CONFORMING TO         top

       C89, C99.

BUGS         top

       The printf(3) family of functions may or may not honor the current
       locale.

SEE ALSO         top

       locale(1), localedef(1), isalpha(3), nl_langinfo(3), setlocale(3),
       strcoll(3), strftime(3), locale(7)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of release 3.51 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
       description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

GNU                              1993-04-25                    LOCALECONV(3)

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