6.10.2 <locale.h> Types

Locale Category Macros

Macros which specify a portion of a locale, usable as the first argument to the setlocale() function.

Attention: These macros are not implemented when building with MPLAB XC8 for PIC MCUs. They are implemented for all other devices and compilers.

Include

<locale.h>

Remarks

The locale category macros defined by this header are tabulated below with that portion of a locale that they affect.


Macro	Affects
`LC_ALL`	The entire locale
`LC_COLLATE`	The behavior of the `strcoll()` and `strxfrm()` function
`LC_CTYPE`	The behavior of the character handling functions
`LC_MONETARY`	The monetary formatting information returned by the `localeconv()` function
`LC_NUMERIC`	The decimal-point character for the formatted I/O and string conversion functions; the nonmonetary formatting information returned by the `localeconv()` function
`LC_TIME`	The behavior of the `strftime()` and `wcsftime()` functions