setlocale
Syntax:
#include <locale.h>
char *setlocale( int category, const char * locale );
The setlocale() function is used to set and retrieve the current
locale. If locale is NULL, the current locale is
returned. Otherwise, locale is used to set the locale for the
given category.
category can have the following values:
| Value |
Description |
| LC_ALL |
All of the locale |
| LC_TIME |
Date and time formatting |
| LC_NUMERIC |
Number formatting |
| LC_COLLATE |
String collation and regular expression
matching |
| LC_CTYPE |
Regular expression matching, conversion,
case-sensitive comparison, wide character functions, and character
classification. |
| LC_MONETARY |
For monetary formatting |
| LC_MESSAGES |
For natural language
messages |
Related topics:
(Standard C String and Character)
strcoll