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1 /* nl_langinfo -- User interface for extracting locale-dependent parameters.
2 Copyright (C) 1995, 1996 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 #include <langinfo.h>
21 #include <errno.h>
22 #include <stddef.h>
23 #include "localeinfo.h"
25 /* This array duplicates `_nl_current' defined in setlocale.c; but since
26 the references here are not weak references, this guarantees that the
27 data for all the categories will be linked in. */
29 static const struct locale_data * *const nldata[] =
31 #define DEFINE_CATEGORY(category, category_name, items, a, b, c, d) \
32 [category] = &_nl_current_##category,
33 #include "categories.def"
34 #undef DEFINE_CATEGORY
38 /* Return a string with the data for locale-dependent parameter ITEM. */
40 char *
41 nl_langinfo (item)
42 nl_item item;
44 int category = _NL_ITEM_CATEGORY (item);
45 unsigned int index = _NL_ITEM_INDEX (item);
46 const struct locale_data *data;
48 if (category < 0 || category >= LC_ALL)
50 /* Bogus category: bogus item. */
51 __set_errno (EINVAL);
52 return NULL;
55 data = *nldata[category];
57 if (index >= data->nstrings)
59 /* Bogus index for this category: bogus item. */
60 __set_errno (EINVAL);
61 return NULL;
64 /* Return the string for the specified item. */
65 return (char *) data->values[index].string;