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LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE, LC_CTYPE, LC_MONETARY, LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME

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Defined in header <locale.h>
#define LC_ALL      /*implementation defined*/
#define LC_COLLATE  /*implementation defined*/
#define LC_CTYPE    /*implementation defined*/
#define LC_MONETARY /*implementation defined*/
#define LC_NUMERIC  /*implementation defined*/
#define LC_TIME     /*implementation defined*/

Each of the above macro constants expand to integer constant expressions with distinct values that are suitable for use as the first argument of setlocale.

Constant Explanation
LC_ALL selects the entire C locale
LC_COLLATE selects the collation category of the C locale
LC_CTYPE selects the character classification category of the C locale
LC_MONETARY selects the monetary formatting category of the C locale
LC_NUMERIC selects the numeric formatting category of the C locale
LC_TIME selects the time formatting category of the C locale

Additional macro constants, with names that begin with LC_ followed by at least one uppercase letter, may be defined in locale.h. For example, the POSIX specification requires LC_MESSAGES (which controls, among other things, perror and strerror), ISO/IEC 30112:2014 (2014 draft) additionally defines LC_IDENTIFICATION, LC_XLITERATE, LC_NAME, LC_ADDRESS, LC_TELEPHONE, LC_PAPER, LC_MEASUREMENT, and LC_KEYBOARD, which are supported by the GNU C library (except for LC_XLITERATE).

[edit] Example

#include <locale.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <wchar.h>
 
int main(void)
{
    setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US.UTF-8"); // the C locale will be the UTF-8 enabled English
    setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "de_DE.utf8"); // decimal dot will be German
    setlocale(LC_TIME, "ja_JP.utf8");    // date/time formatting will be Japanese
    wchar_t str[100];
    time_t t = time(NULL);
    wcsftime(str, 100, L"%A %c", localtime(&t));
    wprintf(L"Number: %.2f\nDate: %Ls\n", 3.14, str);
}

Possible output:

Number: 3,14
Date: 金曜日 2023年09月15日 20時04分14秒

[edit] References

  • C23 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2023):
  • 7.11/3 Localization <locale.h> (p: TBD)
  • C17 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2018):
  • 7.11/3 Localization <locale.h> (p: TBD)
  • C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
  • 7.11/3 Localization <locale.h> (p: 224)
  • C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):
  • 7.11/3 Localization <locale.h> (p: 205)
  • C89/C90 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1990):
  • 4.4 LOCALIZATION <locale.h>

[edit] See also

gets and sets the current C locale
(function) [edit]
C++ documentation for locale categories