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.TH LOCALE.H 3HEAD "Jun 23, 2004"
.SH NAME
locale.h, locale \- category macros
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
#include <\fBlocale.h\fR>
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
The <\fBlocale.h\fR> header provides a definition for the \fBlconv\fR
structure, which includes the following members. (See the definition of
\fBLC_MONETARY\fR in \fBlocale\fR(5).)
.sp
.in +2
.nf
char         *currency_symbol
char         *decimal_point
char         frac_digits
char         *grouping
char         *int_curr_symbol
char         int_frac_digits
char         int_n_cs_precedes
char         int_n_sep_by_space
char         int_n_sign_posn
char         int_p_cs_precedes
char         int_p_sep_by_space
char         int_p_sign_posn
char         *mon_decimal_point
char         *mon_grouping
char         *mon_thousands_sep
char         *negative_sign
char         n_cs_precedes
char         n_sep_by_space
char         n_sign_posn
char         *positive_sign
char         p_cs_precedes
char         p_sep_by_space
char         p_sign_posn
char         *thousands_sep
.fi
.in -2
.LP
The <\fBlocale.h\fR> header defines \fINULL\fR (as defined in <\fBstddef.h\fR>)
and the following as macros:
.sp
.in +2
.nf
LC_ALL
LC_COLLATE
LC_CTYPE
LC_MESSAGES
LC_MONETARY
LC_NUMERIC
LC_TIME
.fi
.in -2
.LP
The preceding expand to distinct integer constant expressions, for use as the
first argument to the \fBsetlocale()\fR function. See \fBsetlocale\fR(3C).
.LP
The <\fBlocale.h\fR> header also defines the following macros, for use with
\fBnewlocale\fR(3C):
.sp
.in +2
.nf
LC_ALL_MASK
LC_COLLATE_MASK
LC_CTYPE_MASK
LC_MESSAGES_MASK
LC_MONETARY_MASK
LC_NUMERIC_MASK
LC_TIME_MASK
.fi
.in -2
.LP
In addition, to facilitate the use of per-thread locales with the
.BR uselocale (3C)
function, the
.RB < locale.h >
header defines the following type and macro:
.sp
.in +2
.nf
locale_t
.fi
.in -2
.sp
.RS 6n
An opaque type that refers to a locale constructed through the use of
the
.BR newlocale (3C)
function.
.RE

.sp
.in +2
.nf
LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE
.fi
.in -2
.sp
.RS 6n
A macro which expands to a
.B locale_t
that represents the current global locale as set by
.BR setlocale (3C).
.RE

.LP
Additional macro definitions, beginning with the characters \fBLC_\fR and an
uppercase letter, can also be specified here.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability	Standard
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR newlocale (3C),
.BR setlocale (3C),
.BR uselocale (3C),
.BR localeconv (3C),
.BR stddef.h (3HEAD),
.BR attributes (5),
.BR locale (5),
.BR standards (5)