C Primer Plus®, Third Edition

Localization: locale.h

A locale is a group of settings controlling things such as the symbol used as a decimal point. Locale values are stored in a structure of type struct lconv, defined in the locale.h header file. A locale can be specified by a string, which acts to specify a particular set of values for the structure members. The default locale is designated by the string "C". Table F.3 lists the localization functions, and a brief discussion follows.

Table F.3. Localization functions.

Prototype	Description
char * setlocale(int category, const char * locale);	The function sets certain locale values to the values specified by the locale and indicated by locale. The category value controls which locale values get set (see Table F.4). The function ...