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Header filelocale.h
Declarationchar *setlocale(int type, const char *locale);
Functionset local information


type must be one of the following macros (defined in ):

  1. LC_ALL: refers to all localization categories.
  2. LC_COLLATE: affects the operation of the strcoll() function.
  3. LC_CTYPE: alters the way the character functions work.
  4. LC_MONETARY: determines the monetary format.
  5. LC_NUMERIC: changes the decimal-point character for formatted input/output functions.
  6. LC_TIME: determines the behavior of the strftime() function.

The setlocale() function returns a pointer to a string associated with the type parameter.

Display the current locale setting:

#include <locale.h>
  #include <stdio.h>

  int main(void)
  {
    printf(setlocale(LC_ALL, ""));

    return 0;
  }
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25.10.setlocale
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