NUMTBL(M) XENIX System V NUMTBL(M)
Name
numtbl - Create a numeric locale table.
Syntax
numtbl [ table_file ]
Description
This utility will create a numeric locale table to be
interpreted by the setlocale(S) system call.
The table_file contains information about the numeric locale
in a user readable form.
At present, two pieces of information can be supplied. These
are: the character to be used as a decimal place marker
(radix character), and the character to be used as a
thousands delimiter, for example the commas in 1,000,000.
To specify these, there must be lines, in the table file, of
the form:
DECIMAL=d
THOUSANDS=t
Where ``d'' is the character to be used as the decimal place
mark and ``t'' is the character to be used as the thousands
delimiter. The characters ``d'' and ``t'' may be specified
in six different ways. The following lines show different
formats for the letter b.
98 - decimal
0142 - octal
0x62 - hexadecimal
'b' - quoted character
'\0142' - quoted octal
'\x62' - quoted hexadecimal
Any line starting with a hash (``#'') is treated as a
comment.
The output is a file, called numeric, which is placed in the
current directory. This file is in a form which can be
interpreted by the setlocale(S) system call. For more
information on where this file should be placed, please see
locale(M).
If no table file is specified, the information is taken from
the standard input. The format of the information is
identical.
If either DECIMAL or THOUSANDS is not specified, its value
will default to ``.'' or ``,'', respectively.
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See Also
locale(M), environ(M)
Diagnostics
Any lines of input which are in the wrong format will cause
a warning to be issued on the terminal, but will not
terminate the program.
``Character syntax error'' will be issued on the terminal if
the format of the character specification does not match one
of those specified above. The program will then terminate.
If the input table file cannot be opened for reading, the
program will also terminate with the error message, ``Cannot
open table file''.
If the output file, numeric, cannot be opened for writing,
the program will terminate with the error message, ``Cannot
create numeric locale file''.
Notes
The thousands delimiter is not currently used within any of
the standard
libraries or utilities, although it can be accessed by
application programs using the nl_langinfo(S) function.
The string RADIXCHAR may be used as an alternative to
DECIMAL , and THOUSEP as an alternative to THOUSANDS , if
required. These alternatives are provided for consistency
with the identifiers used by nl_langinfo(S).
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