ultrix man page for nl_langinfo

Query: nl_langinfo

OS: ultrix

Section: 3int

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nl_langinfo(3int)														 nl_langinfo(3int)

Name
       nl_langinfo - language information

Syntax
       #include <nl_types.h>
       #include <langinfo.h>

       char *nl_langinfo (item)
       nl_item item;

Description
       The  function  returns a pointer to a null-terminated string containing information relevant to a particular language or cultural area. The
       language is identified by the last successful call to the appropriate category.	The categories are shown in the following  table  and  are
       defined in

       For  instance,  the following example would return a pointer to the string representing the abbreviated name for the first day of the week,
       as defined by category
       nl_langinfo (ABDAY_1);

       If the category has not been called successfully, data for a supported language is not available, or is not defined, then returns a pointer
       to an empty (null) string.  In the C locale, the return value is the American English string defined in the following table:

       -----------------------------------------------------------------------
       Identifier   Meaning			    C locale	  Category
       -----------------------------------------------------------------------
       NOSTR	    Negative response		    no		  LC_ALL
       YESSTR	    Positive response		    yes 	  LC_ALL
       D_T_FMT	    Default date and time format    %a %b %d
						    %H:%M:%S %Y   LC_TIME
       D_FMT	    Default date format 	    %m/%d/%y	  LC_TIME
       T_FMT	    Default time format 	    %h:%m:%s	  LC_TIME

       DAY_1	    Day name			    Sunday	  LC_TIME
       DAY_2	    Day name			    Monday	  LC_TIME
       ....	    ....			    ....	  ....
       DAY_7	    Day name			    Saturday	  LC_TIME

       ABDAY_1	    Abbreviated day name	    Sun 	  LC_TIME
       ABDAY_2	    Abbreviated day name	    Mon 	  LC_TIME
       ABDAY_3	    Abbreviated day name	    Tue 	  LC_TIME
       ....	    ....			    ....	  ....
       ABDAY_7	    Abbreviated day name	    Sat 	  LC_TIME

       MON_1	    Month name			    January	  LC_TIME
       MON_2	    Month name			    February	  LC_TIME
       MON_3	    Month name			    March	  LC_TIME
       ....	    ....			    ....	  ....
       MON_12	    Month name			    December	  LC_TIME

       ABMON_1	    Abbreviated month name	    Jan 	  LC_TIME
       ABMON_2	    Abbreviated month name	    Feb 	  LC_TIME
       ....	    ....			    ....	  ....
       ABMON_12     Abbreviated month name	    Dec 	  LC_TIME

       RADIXCHAR    Radix character		    .		  LC_NUMERIC
       THOUSEP	    Thousands separator 			  LC_NUMERIC
       CRNCYSTR     Currency format				  LC_MONETARY
       AM_STR	    String for AM		    AM		  LC_TIME
       PM_STR	    String for PM		    PM		  LC_TIME
       EXPL_STR     Lower case exponent character   e		  LC_NUMERIC

       EXPU_STR     Upper case exponent character   E		  LC_NUMERIC
       -----------------------------------------------------------------------

See Also
       intro(3int), ic(1int), setlocale(3int), environ(5int), nl_types(5int)
       Guide to Developing International Software

																 nl_langinfo(3int)
Related Man Pages
langinfo(3head) - sunos
nl_langinfo(3int) - ultrix
langinfo(3head) - mojave
langinfo.h(3head) - suse
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