NEWLOCALE(3) |
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NEWLOCALE(3) |
NAME
newlocale —
Creates a new locale
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include < xlocale>
locale_t
newlocale( int mask, const char * locale, locale_t base);
DESCRIPTION
Creates a new locale, inheriting some properties from an existing locale. The
mask defines the components that the new locale will have set to the locale with the name specified in the
locale parameter. Any other components will be inherited from
base. The
mask is either
LC_ALL_MASK, indicating all possible locale components, or the logical OR of some combination of the following:
-
LC_COLLATE_MASK
-
The locale for string collation routines. This controls alphabetic ordering in
strcoll(3) and
strxfrm(3).
-
LC_CTYPE_MASK
-
The locale for the
ctype(3) and
multibyte(3) functions. This controls recognition of upper and lower case, alphabetic or non-alphabetic characters, and so on.
-
LC_MESSAGES_MASK
-
Set a locale for message catalogs, see
catopen(3) function.
-
LC_MONETARY_MASK
-
Set a locale for formatting monetary values; this affects the
localeconv(3) function.
-
LC_NUMERIC_MASK
-
Set a locale for formatting numbers. This controls the formatting of decimal points in input and output of floating point numbers in functions such as
printf(3) and
scanf(3), as well as values returned by
localeconv(3).
-
LC_TIME_MASK
-
Set a locale for formatting dates and times using the
strftime(3) function.
This function uses the same rules for loading locale components as
setlocale(3).
RETURN VALUES
Returns a new, valid,
locale_t or NULL if an error occurs. You must free the returned locale with
freelocale(3).
STANDARDS
This function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (“POSIX.1”).