localeconv.3 (755B)
1 .TH localeconv 3 2 .SH NAME 3 localeconv - retrieve numeric formatting conventions for the current locale 4 .SH SYNOPSIS 5 #include <locale.h> 6 7 struct lconv *localeconv(void); 8 .SH DESCRIPTION 9 The 10 .BR localeconv () 11 function fills the fields of an internal object of type struct lconv 12 with the numeric and monetary formatting rules of the active locale 13 and returns a pointer to that object. 14 .SH RETURN VALUE 15 A pointer to the internal 16 .I lconv 17 structure is returned. 18 The program must not modify the returned structure; 19 its contents may be replaced by a subsequent call to 20 .BR localeconv () 21 or by calls to 22 .B setlocale 23 with a category of LC_ALL, LC_MONETARY, or LC_NUMERIC. 24 .SH STANDARDS 25 ISO/IEC 9899:1999 Section 7.11.2.1 Paragraph 1,2,8 26 .SH SEE ALSO 27 .B locale.h(3)