C library functions - localeconv ()
C standard library - <locale.h>
description
C library functionsstruct lconv * localeconv (void) set or read the local information.It returns an object of typelconv structure.
statement
Here is () statement localeconv function.
struct lconv *localeconv(void)
parameter
- NA
return value
This function returns a pointer to a pointerstruct lconv current area, it is structured as follows:
typedef struct {
char *decimal_point;
char *thousands_sep;
char *grouping;
char *int_curr_symbol;
char *currency_symbol;
char *mon_decimal_point;
char *mon_thousands_sep;
char *mon_grouping;
char *positive_sign;
char *negative_sign;
char int_frac_digits;
char frac_digits;
char p_cs_precedes;
char p_sep_by_space;
char n_cs_precedes;
char n_sep_by_space;
char p_sign_posn;
char n_sign_posn;
} lconv
Examples
The following example demonstrates the localeconv () function is used.
#include <locale.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main ()
{
struct lconv * lc;
setlocale(LC_MONETARY, "it_IT");
lc = localeconv();
printf("Local Currency Symbol: %s\n",lc->currency_symbol);
printf("International Currency Symbol: %s\n",lc->int_curr_symbol);
setlocale(LC_MONETARY, "en_US");
lc = localeconv();
printf("Local Currency Symbol: %s\n",lc->currency_symbol);
printf("International Currency Symbol: %s\n",lc->int_curr_symbol);
setlocale(LC_MONETARY, "en_GB");
lc = localeconv();
printf ("Local Currency Symbol: %s\n",lc->currency_symbol);
printf ("International Currency Symbol: %s\n",lc->int_curr_symbol);
printf("Decimal Point = %s\n", lc->decimal_point);
return 0;
}
Let's compile and run the above program, which will result in the following:
Local Currency Symbol: EUR International Currency Symbol: EUR Local Currency Symbol: $ International Currency Symbol: USD Local Currency Symbol: £ International Currency Symbol: GBP Decimal Point = .