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NL_LANGINFO(3)        DragonFly Library Functions Manual        NL_LANGINFO(3)

NAME
     nl_langinfo -- language information

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <langinfo.h>

     char *
     nl_langinfo(nl_item item);

     char *
     nl_langinfo_l(nl_item item, locale_t loc);

DESCRIPTION
     The nl_langinfo() function returns a pointer to a string containing
     information relevant to the particular language or cultural area defined
     in the program or thread's locale, or in the case of nl_langinfo_l(), the
     locale passed as the second argument.  The manifest constant names and
     values of item are defined in <langinfo.h>.

     Calls to setlocale() with a category corresponding to the category of
     item, or to the category LC_ALL, may overwrite the buffer pointed to by
     the return value.

RETURN VALUES
     In a locale where langinfo data is not defined, nl_langinfo() returns a
     pointer to the corresponding string in the POSIX locale.  nl_langinfo_l()
     returns the same values as nl_langinfo().  In all locales, nl_langinfo()
     returns a pointer to an empty string if item contains an invalid setting.

EXAMPLES
     For example:

           nl_langinfo(ABDAY_1)

     would return a pointer to the string "Dom" if the identified language was
     Portuguese, and "Sun" if the identified language was English.

SEE ALSO
     setlocale(3)

STANDARDS
     The nl_langinfo() function conforms to Version 2 of the Single UNIX
     Specification (``SUSv2'').  The nl_langinfo_l() function conforms to IEEE
     Std 1003.1-2008 (``POSIX.1'').

HISTORY
     The nl_langinfo() function first appeared in FreeBSD 4.6.

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