NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | CONFORMING TO | BUGS | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

LOCALECONV(3)                 Linux Programmer's Manual                 LOCALECONV(3)

NAME         top

       localeconv - get numeric formatting information

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <locale.h>

       struct lconv *localeconv(void);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The localeconv() function returns a pointer to a struct lconv for the current
       locale.  This structure is shown in locale(7), and contains all values
       associated with the locale categories LC_NUMERIC and LC_MONETARY.  Programs
       may also use the functions printf(3) and strfmon(3), which behave according to
       the actual locale in use.

CONFORMING TO         top

       C89, C99.

BUGS         top

       The printf(3) family of functions may or may not honor the current locale.

SEE ALSO         top

       locale(1), localedef(1), isalpha(3), nl_langinfo(3), setlocale(3), strcoll(3),
       strftime(3), locale(7)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of release 3.23 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
       description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found
       at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

GNU                                   1993-04-25                        LOCALECONV(3)