nl_langinfo(3int)nl_langinfo(3int)Namenl_langinfo - language information
Syntax
#include <nl_types.h>
#include <langinfo.h>
char *nl_langinfo (item)
nl_item item;
Description
The function returns a pointer to a null-terminated string containing
information relevant to a particular language or cultural area. The
language is identified by the last successful call to the appropriate
category. The categories are shown in the following table and are
defined in
For instance, the following example would return a pointer to the
string representing the abbreviated name for the first day of the week,
as defined by category
nl_langinfo (ABDAY_1);
If the category has not been called successfully, data for a supported
language is not available, or is not defined, then returns a pointer to
an empty (null) string. In the C locale, the return value is the Amer‐
ican English string defined in the following table:
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Identifier Meaning C locale Category
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NOSTR Negative response no LC_ALL
YESSTR Positive response yes LC_ALL
D_T_FMT Default date and time format %a %b %d
%H:%M:%S %Y LC_TIME
D_FMT Default date format %m/%d/%y LC_TIME
T_FMT Default time format %h:%m:%s LC_TIME
DAY_1 Day name Sunday LC_TIME
DAY_2 Day name Monday LC_TIME
.... .... .... ....
DAY_7 Day name Saturday LC_TIME
ABDAY_1 Abbreviated day name Sun LC_TIME
ABDAY_2 Abbreviated day name Mon LC_TIME
ABDAY_3 Abbreviated day name Tue LC_TIME
.... .... .... ....
ABDAY_7 Abbreviated day name Sat LC_TIME
MON_1 Month name January LC_TIME
MON_2 Month name February LC_TIME
MON_3 Month name March LC_TIME
.... .... .... ....
MON_12 Month name December LC_TIME
ABMON_1 Abbreviated month name Jan LC_TIME
ABMON_2 Abbreviated month name Feb LC_TIME
.... .... .... ....
ABMON_12 Abbreviated month name Dec LC_TIME
RADIXCHAR Radix character . LC_NUMERIC
THOUSEP Thousands separator LC_NUMERIC
CRNCYSTR Currency format LC_MONETARY
AM_STR String for AM AM LC_TIME
PM_STR String for PM PM LC_TIME
EXPL_STR Lower case exponent character e LC_NUMERIC
EXPU_STR Upper case exponent character E LC_NUMERIC
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See Alsointro(3int), ic(1int), setlocale(3int), environ(5int), nl_types(5int)
Guide to Developing International Software
nl_langinfo(3int)
