HP C/iX Library Reference Manual (30026-90004)

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HP C/iX Library Function Descriptions

localeconv

Returns information about the editing symbols of a numeric quantity speciﬁc to a locale.

Syntax

#include <locale.h>

struct lconv *localeconv (void);

Parameters

None.

Return Values

x A pointer to an object of type struct lconv.

Description

The localeconv function returns a pointer to an object of type struct lconv that

contains information about the editing symbols of a numeric quantity speciﬁc to a locale.

The structure returned by localeconv() must not be altered and may be overwritten by

subsequent calls to localeconv().

The struct type lconv, deﬁned in the header <locale.h>, contains the following members:

struct lconv {

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;

};