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NAMEstrfmon - convert monetary value to a string
SYNOPSIS
#include <monetary.h>
ssize_t strfmon(char *restrict s, size_t maxsize,
const char *restrict format, ...);
DESCRIPTION
The strfmon() function shall place characters into the array pointed to
by s as controlled by the string pointed to by format. No more than
maxsize bytes are placed into the array.
The format is a character string, beginning and ending in its initial
state, if any, that contains two types of objects: plain characters,
which are simply copied to the output stream, and conversion specifica‐
tions, each of which shall result in the fetching of zero or more argu‐
ments which are converted and formatted. The results are undefined if
there are insufficient arguments for the format. If the format is
exhausted while arguments remain, the excess arguments are simply
ignored.
The application shall ensure that a conversion specification consists
of the following sequence:
* A '%' character
* Optional flags
* Optional field width
* Optional left precision
* Optional right precision
* A required conversion specifier character that determines the con‐
version to be performed
Flags
One or more of the following optional flags can be specified to control
the conversion:
=f An '=' followed by a single character f which is used as the
numeric fill character. In order to work with precision or width
counts, the fill character shall be a single byte character; if
not, the behavior is undefined. The default numeric fill charac‐
ter is the <space>. This flag does not affect field width fill‐
ing which always uses the <space>. This flag is ignored unless
a left precision (see below) is specified.
^ Do not format the currency amount with grouping characters. The
default is to insert the grouping characters if defined for the
current locale.
+ or ( Specify the style of representing positive and negative currency
amounts. Only one of '+' or '(' may be specified. If '+' is
specified, the locale's equivalent of '+' and '-' are used (for
example, in the U.S., the empty string if positive and '-' if
negative). If '(' is specified, negative amounts are enclosed
within parentheses. If neither flag is specified, the '+' style
is used.
! Suppress the currency symbol from the output conversion.
- Specify the alignment. If this flag is present the result of the
conversion is left-justified (padded to the right) rather than
right-justified. This flag shall be ignored unless a field width
(see below) is specified.
Field Width
w A decimal digit string w specifying a minimum field width in
bytes in which the result of the conversion is right-justified
(or left-justified if the flag '-' is specified). The default
is 0.
Left Precision
#n A '#' followed by a decimal digit string n specifying a maximum
number of digits expected to be formatted to the left of the
radix character. This option can be used to keep the formatted
output from multiple calls to the strfmon() function aligned in
the same columns. It can also be used to fill unused positions
with a special character as in "$***123.45" . This option causes
an amount to be formatted as if it has the number of digits
specified by n. If more than n digit positions are required,
this conversion specification is ignored. Digit positions in
excess of those actually required are filled with the numeric
fill character (see the =f flag above).
If grouping has not been suppressed with the '^' flag, and it is
defined for the current locale, grouping separators are inserted before
the fill characters (if any) are added. Grouping separators are not
applied to fill characters even if the fill character is a digit.
To ensure alignment, any characters appearing before or after the num‐
ber in the formatted output such as currency or sign symbols are padded
as necessary with <space>s to make their positive and negative formats
an equal length.
Right Precision
.p A period followed by a decimal digit string p specifying the
number of digits after the radix character. If the value of the
right precision p is 0, no radix character appears. If a right
precision is not included, a default specified by the current
locale is used. The amount being formatted is rounded to the
specified number of digits prior to formatting.
Conversion Specifier Characters
The conversion specifier characters and their meanings are:
i The double argument is formatted according to the locale's
international currency format (for example, in the U.S.: USD
1,234.56). If the argument is ±Inf or NaN, the result of the
conversion is unspecified.
n The double argument is formatted according to the locale's
national currency format (for example, in the U.S.: $1,234.56).
If the argument is ±Inf or NaN, the result of the conversion is
unspecified.
% Convert to a '%' ; no argument is converted. The entire conver‐
sion specification shall be %% .
Locale Information
The LC_MONETARY category of the program's locale affects the behavior
of this function including the monetary radix character (which may be
different from the numeric radix character affected by the LC_NUMERIC
category), the grouping separator, the currency symbols, and formats.
The international currency symbol should be conformant with the
ISO 4217:1995 standard.
If the value of maxsize is greater than {SSIZE_MAX}, the result is
implementation-defined.
RETURN VALUE
If the total number of resulting bytes including the terminating null
byte is not more than maxsize, strfmon() shall return the number of
bytes placed into the array pointed to by s, not including the termi‐
nating null byte. Otherwise, -1 shall be returned, the contents of the
array are unspecified, and errno shall be set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The strfmon() function shall fail if:
E2BIG Conversion stopped due to lack of space in the buffer.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
Given a locale for the U.S. and the values 123.45, -123.45, and
3456.781, the following output might be produced. Square brackets (
"[]" ) are used in this example to delimit the output.
%n [$123.45] Default formatting
[-$123.45]
[$3,456.78]
%11n [ $123.45] Right align within an 11-character field
[ -$123.45]
[ $3,456.78]
%#5n [ $ 123.45] Aligned columns for values up to 99999
[-$ 123.45]
[ $ 3,456.78]
%=*#5n [ $***123.45] Specify a fill character
[-$***123.45]
[ $*3,456.78]
%=0#5n [ $000123.45] Fill characters do not use grouping
[-$000123.45] even if the fill character is a digit
[ $03,456.78]
%^#5n [ $ 123.45] Disable the grouping separator
[-$ 123.45]
[ $ 3456.78]
%^#5.0n [ $ 123] Round off to whole units
[-$ 123]
[ $ 3457]
%^#5.4n [ $ 123.4500] Increase the precision
[-$ 123.4500]
[ $ 3456.7810]
%(#5n [$ 123.45] Use an alternative pos/neg style
[($ 123.45)]
[$ 3,456.78]
%!(#5n [ 123.45] Disable the currency symbol
[( 123.45)]
[ 3,456.78]
%-14#5.4n [ $ 123.4500 ] Left-justify the output
[-$ 123.4500 ]
[ $ 3,456.7810 ]
%14#5.4n [ $ 123.4500] Corresponding right-justified output
[ -$ 123.4500]
[ $ 3,456.7810]
See also the EXAMPLES section in fprintf().
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Lowercase conversion characters are reserved for future standards use
and uppercase for implementation-defined use.
SEE ALSOfprintf(), localeconv(), the Base Definitions volume of
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <monetary.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online
at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
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