Sun Dec 17 15:56:35 1995 Miles Bader <miles@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
[glibc.git] / locale / langinfo.h
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1 /* nl_langinfo -- Access to locale-dependent parameters.
2 Copyright (C) 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
7 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
8 License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Library General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
17 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
18 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
20 #ifndef _LANGINFO_H
21 #define _LANGINFO_H 1
23 #include <locale.h> /* Define the LC_* category names. */
25 __BEGIN_DECLS
27 /* Construct an `nl_item' value for `nl_langinfo' from a locale category
28 (LC_*) and an item index within the category. Some code may depend on
29 the item values within a category increasing monotonically with the
30 indices. */
31 #define _NL_ITEM(category, index) (((category) << 16) | (index))
33 /* Extract the category and item index from a constructed `nl_item' value. */
34 #define _NL_ITEM_CATEGORY(item) ((int) (item) >> 16)
35 #define _NL_ITEM_INDEX(item) ((int) (item) & 0xffff)
38 /* Enumeration of locale items that can be queried with `nl_langinfo'. */
39 typedef enum
41 /* LC_TIME category: date and time formatting. */
43 /* Abbreviated days of the week. */
44 ABDAY_1 = _NL_ITEM (LC_TIME, 0), /* Sun */
45 ABDAY_2,
46 ABDAY_3,
47 ABDAY_4,
48 ABDAY_5,
49 ABDAY_6,
50 ABDAY_7,
52 /* Long-named days of the week. */
53 DAY_1, /* Sunday */
54 DAY_2, /* Monday */
55 DAY_3, /* Tuesday */
56 DAY_4, /* Wednesday */
57 DAY_5, /* Thursday */
58 DAY_6, /* Friday */
59 DAY_7, /* Saturday */
61 /* Abbreviated month names. */
62 ABMON_1, /* Jan */
63 ABMON_2,
64 ABMON_3,
65 ABMON_4,
66 ABMON_5,
67 ABMON_6,
68 ABMON_7,
69 ABMON_8,
70 ABMON_9,
71 ABMON_10,
72 ABMON_11,
73 ABMON_12,
75 /* Long month names. */
76 MON_1, /* January */
77 MON_2,
78 MON_3,
79 MON_4,
80 MON_5,
81 MON_6,
82 MON_7,
83 MON_8,
84 MON_9,
85 MON_10,
86 MON_11,
87 MON_12,
89 AM_STR, /* Ante meridian string. */
90 PM_STR, /* Post meridian string. */
92 D_T_FMT, /* Date and time format for strftime. */
93 D_FMT, /* Date format for strftime. */
94 T_FMT, /* Time format for strftime. */
95 T_FMT_AMPM, /* 12-hour time format for strftime. */
97 ERA, /* Alternate era. */
98 ERA_YEAR, /* Year in alternate era format. */
99 ERA_D_FMT, /* Date in alternate era format. */
100 ALT_DIGITS, /* Alternate symbols for digits. */
102 _NL_NUM_LC_TIME, /* Number of indices in LC_TIME category. */
104 /* LC_CTYPE category: character classification.
105 This information is accessed by the functions in <ctype.h>.
106 These `nl_langinfo' names are used only internally. */
107 _NL_CTYPE_CLASS = _NL_ITEM (LC_CTYPE, 0),
108 _NL_CTYPE_TOUPPER_EB,
109 _NL_CTYPE_TOLOWER_EB,
110 _NL_CTYPE_TOUPPER_EL,
111 _NL_CTYPE_TOLOWER_EL,
112 _NL_NUM_LC_CTYPE,
114 /* LC_MONETARY category: formatting of monetary quantities.
115 These items each correspond to a member of `struct lconv',
116 defined in <locale.h>. */
117 INT_CURR_SYMBOL = _NL_ITEM (LC_MONETARY, 0),
118 CURRENCY_SYMBOL,
119 MON_DECIMAL_POINT,
120 MON_THOUSANDS_SEP,
121 MON_GROUPING,
122 POSITIVE_SIGN,
123 NEGATIVE_SIGN,
124 INT_FRAC_DIGITS,
125 FRAC_DIGITS,
126 P_CS_PRECEDES,
127 P_SEP_BY_SPACE,
128 N_CS_PRECEDES,
129 N_SEP_BY_SPACE,
130 P_SIGN_POSN,
131 N_SIGN_POSN,
132 _NL_NUM_LC_MONETARY,
134 /* LC_NUMERIC category: formatting of numbers.
135 These also correspond to members of `struct lconv'; see <locale.h>. */
136 DECIMAL_POINT = _NL_ITEM (LC_NUMERIC, 0),
137 THOUSANDS_SEP,
138 GROUPING,
139 _NL_NUM_LC_NUMERIC,
141 YESEXPR = _NL_ITEM (LC_MESSAGES, 0), /* Regex matching ``yes'' input. */
142 NOEXPR, /* Regex matching ``no'' input. */
143 YESSTR, /* Output string for ``yes''. */
144 NOSTR, /* Output string for ``no''. */
145 _NL_NUM_LC_MESSAGES,
147 /* Stubs for unfinished categories. */
148 _NL_NUM_LC_COLLATE = _NL_ITEM (LC_COLLATE, 0),
150 /* This marks the highest value used. */
151 _NL_NUM
152 } nl_item;
155 /* Return the current locale's value for ITEM.
156 If ITEM is invalid, an empty string is returned.
158 The string returned will not change until `setlocale' is called;
159 it is usually in read-only memory and cannot be modified. */
161 extern char *nl_langinfo __P ((nl_item item));
164 __END_DECLS
166 #endif /* langinfo.h */