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NL_LANGINFO !!!NL_LANGINFO NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUE CONFORMING TO SEE ALSO ---- !!NAME nl_langinfo - query language and locale information !!SYNOPSIS __#include __''item''__); __ !!DESCRIPTION The __nl_langinfo__ function provides access to locale information in a more flexible way than localeconv(3) does. Individual and additional elements of the locale categories can be queried. Examples for the locale elements that can be specified in ''item'' using the constants defined in '' __CODESET__ (LC_CTYPE) Return a string with the name of the character encoding used in the selected locale, such as locale__(1). __D_T_FMT__ (LC_TIME) Return a string that can be used as a format string for strftime(3) to represent time and date in a locale-specific way. __D_FMT__ (LC_TIME) Return a string that can be used as a format string for strftime(3) to represent a date in a locale-specific way. __T_FMT__ (LC_TIME) Return a string that can be used as a format string for strftime(3) to represent a time in a locale-specific way. __DAY___{1-7} (LC_TIME) Return name of the ''n''-th day of the week. [[Warning: this follows the US convention DAY_1 = Sunday, not the international convention (ISO 8601) that Monday is the first day of the week.] __ABDAY___{1-7} (LC_TIME) Return abbreviated name of the ''n''-th day of the week. __MON___{1-12} (LC_TIME) Return name of the ''n''-th month. __ABMON___{1-12} (LC_TIME) Return abbreviated name of the ''n''-th month. __RADIXCHAR__ (LC_NUMERIC) Return radix character (decimal dot, decimal comma, etc.). __THOUSEP__ (LC_NUMERIC) Return separator character for thousands (groups of three digits). __YESEXPR__ (LC_MESSAGES) Return a regular expression that can be used with the regex(3) function to recognize a positive response to a yes/no question. __NOEXPR__ (LC_MESSAGES) Return a regular expression that can be used with the regex(3) function to recognize a negative response to a yes/no question. __CRNCYSTR__ (LC_MONETARY) Return the currency symbol, preceded by The above list covers just some examples of items that can be requested. For a more detailed list, please consult ''The GNU C Library Reference Manual''. !!RETURN VALUE If no locale has been selected for the appropriate category, __nl_langinfo__ returns a pointer to the corresponding string in the __ If ''item'' is not valid, a pointer to an empty string is returned. This pointer may point to static data that may be overwritten on the next call to __nl_langinfo__ or __setlocale__. !!CONFORMING TO The Single UNIX Specification, Version 2 !!SEE ALSO localeconv(3), setlocale(3), locale(1), locale(7), charsets(7), The GNU C Library Reference Manual ----
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