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25.\" $FreeBSD$
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27.Dd October 12, 2002
28.Dt STRFMON 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm strfmon
32.Nd convert monetary value to string
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libc
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In monetary.h
37.Ft ssize_t
38.Fn strfmon "char * restrict s" "size_t maxsize" "const char * restrict format" "..."
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Fn strfmon
42function places characters into the array pointed to by
43.Fa s
44as controlled by the string pointed to by
45.Fa format .
46No more than
47.Fa maxsize
48bytes are placed into the array.
49.Pp
50The format string is composed of zero or more directives:
51ordinary characters (not
52.Cm % ) ,
53which are copied unchanged to the output stream; and conversion
54specifications, each of which results in fetching zero or more subsequent
55arguments.
56Each conversion specification is introduced by the
57.Cm %
58character.
59After the
60.Cm % ,
61the following appear in sequence:
62.Bl -bullet
63.It
64Zero or more of the following flags:
65.Bl -tag -width "XXX"
66.It Cm = Ns Ar f
67A
68.Sq Cm =
69character followed by another character
70.Ar f
71which is used as the numeric fill character.
72.It Cm ^
73Do not use grouping characters, regardless of the current locale default.
74.It Cm +
75Represent positive values by prefixing them with a positive sign,
76and negative values by prefixing them with a negative sign.
77This is the default.
78.It Cm \&(
79Enclose negative values in parentheses.
80.It Cm \&!
81Do not include a currency symbol in the output.
82.It Cm \-
83Left justify the result.
84Only valid when a field width is specified.
85.El
86.It
87An optional minimum field width as a decimal number.
88By default, there is no minimum width.
89.It
90A
91.Sq Cm #
92sign followed by a decimal number specifying the maximum
93expected number of digits after the radix character.
94.It
95A
96.Sq Cm \&.
97character followed by a decimal number specifying the number
98the number of digits after the radix character.
99.It
100One of the following conversion specifiers:
101.Bl -tag -width "XXX"
102.It Cm i
103The
104.Vt double
105argument is formatted as an international monetary amount.
106.It Cm n
107The
108.Vt double
109argument is formatted as a national monetary amount.
110.It Cm %
111A
112.Sq Li %
113character is written.
114.El
115.El
116.Sh RETURN VALUES
117If the total number of resulting bytes including the terminating
118.Dv NULL
119byte is not more than
120.Fa maxsize ,
121.Fn strfmon
122returns the number of bytes placed into the array pointed to by
123.Fa s ,
124not including the terminating
125.Dv NULL
126byte.
127Otherwise, \-1 is returned,
128the contents of the array are indeterminate,
129and
130.Va errno
131is set to indicate the error.
132.Sh ERRORS
133The
134.Fn strfmon
135function will fail if:
136.Bl -tag -width Er
137.It Bq Er E2BIG
138Conversion stopped due to lack of space in the buffer.
139.It Bq Er EINVAL
140The format string is invalid.
141.It Bq Er ENOMEM
142Not enough memory for temporary buffers.
143.El
144.Sh SEE ALSO
145.Xr localeconv 3
146.Sh STANDARDS
147The
148.Fn strfmon
149function
150conforms to
151.St -p1003.1-2001 .
152.Sh AUTHORS
153.An -nosplit
154The
155.Fn strfmon
156function was implemented by
157.An Alexey Zelkin Aq phantom@FreeBSD.org .
158.Pp
159This manual page was written by
160.An Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven Aq asmodai@FreeBSD.org
161based on the standards' text.
162.Sh BUGS
163The
164.Fn strfmon
165function does not correctly handle multibyte characters in the
166.Fa format
167argument.
168