Name

setlocale

Synopsis

setlocale(category,locale=None)

Sets the locale for category to the given locale, if not None, and returns the setting (the existing one when locale is None; otherwise, the new one). locale can be a string, or a pair of strings ( lang,encoding ). When locale is the empty string '', setlocale sets the user’s default locale.

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