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LANGINFO.H 3HEAD "April 9, 2016"
NAME
langinfo.h, langinfo - language information constants
SYNOPSIS

#include <langinfo.h>
DESCRIPTION

The <langinfo.h> header contains the constants used to identify items of langinfo data (see nl_langinfo(3C)). The type of the constant, nl_item, is defined as described in <nl_types.h>.

The following constants are defined. The entries under Category indicate in which setlocale(3C) category each item is defined.

Constant Category Meaning
CODESET LC_CTYPE codeset name
D_T_FMT LC_TIME string for formatting date and time
D_FMT LC_TIME date format string
T_FMT LC_TIME time format string
T_FMT_AMPM LC_TIME a.m. or p.m. time format string
AM_STR LC_TIME ante-meridiem affix
PM_STR LC_TIME post-meridiem affix
DAY_1 LC_TIME
name of the first day of the week (for example, Sunday)
DAY_2 LC_TIME
name of the second day of the week (for example, Monday)
DAY_3 LC_TIME
name of the third day of the week (for example, Tuesday)
DAY_4 LC_TIME
name of the fourth day of the week (for example, Wednesday)
DAY_5 LC_TIME
name of the fifth day of the week (for example, Thursday)
DAY_6 LC_TIME
name of the sixth day of the week (for example, Friday)
DAY_7 LC_TIME
name of the seventh day of the week (for example, Saturday)
ABDAY_1 LC_TIME
abbreviated name of the first day of the week
ABDAY_2 LC_TIME
abbreviated name of the second day of the week
ABDAY_3 LC_TIME
abbreviated name of the third day of the week
ABDAY_4 LC_TIME
abbreviated name of the fourth day of the week
ABDAY_5 LC_TIME
abbreviated name of the fifth day of the week
ABDAY_6 LC_TIME
abbreviated name of the seventh day of the week
ABDAY_7 LC_TIME
abbreviated name of the seventh day of the week
MON_1 LC_TIME name of the first month of the year
MON_2 LC_TIME name of the second month
MON_3 LC_TIME name of the third month
MON_4 LC_TIME name of the fourth month
MON_5 LC_TIME name of the fifth month
MON_6 LC_TIME name of the sixth month
MON_7 LC_TIME name of the seventh month
MON_8 LC_TIME name of the eighth month
MON_9 LC_TIME name of the ninth month
MON_10 LC_TIME name of the tenth month
MON_11 LC_TIME name of the eleventh month
MON_12 LC_TIME name of the twelfth month
ABMON_1 LC_TIME abbreviated name of the first month
ABMON_2 LC_TIME abbreviated name of the second month
ABMON_3 LC_TIME abbreviated name of the third month
ABMON_4 LC_TIME abbreviated name of the fourth month
ABMON_5 LC_TIME abbreviated name of the fifth month
ABMON_6 LC_TIME abbreviated name of the sixth month
ABMON_7 LC_TIME abbreviated name of the seventh month
ABMON_8 LC_TIME abbreviated name of the eighth month
ABMON_9 LC_TIME abbreviated name of the ninth month
ABMON_10 LC_TIME abbreviated name of the tenth month
ABMON_11 LC_TIME abbreviated name of the eleventh month
ABMON_12 LC_TIME abbreviated name of the twelfth month
ERA LC_TIME era description segments
ERA_D_FMT LC_TIME era date format string
ERA_D_T_FMT LC_TIME era date and time format string
ERA_T_FMT LC_TIME era time format string
ALT_DIGITS LC_TIME alternative symbols for digits
RADIXCHAR LC_NUMERIC radix character
THOUSEP LC_NUMERIC separator for thousands
YESEXPR LC_MESSAGES affirmative response expression
NOEXPR LC_MESSAGES negative response expression
YESSTR LC_MESSAGES affirmative response for yes/no queries
NOSTR LC_MESSAGES negative response ro yes/no queries
CRNCYSTR LC_MONETARY
local currency symbol, preceded by '-' if the symbol should appear before the
value, '+' if the symbol should appear after the value, or '.' if the symbol
should replace the radix character

If the locale's values for p_cs_precedes and n_cs_precedes do not match, the value of nl_langinfo(CRNCYSTR) is unspecified.

The <langinfo.h> header declares the following as a function:

char *nl_langinfo(nl_item);

Inclusion of <langinfo.h> header may also make visible all symbols from <nl_types.h>.

USAGE

Wherever possible, users are advised to use functions compatible with those in the ISO C standard to access items of langinfo data. In particular, the strftime(3C) function should be used to access date and time information defined in category LC_TIME. The localeconv(3C) function should be used to access information corresponding to RADIXCHAR, THOUSEP, and CRNCYSTR.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability Standard
SEE ALSO

mkmsgs(1), localeconv(3C), nl_langinfo(3C), nl_types.h(3HEAD), setlocale(3C), strftime(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)