Naming locales explicitly - C++ Internationalization

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Description

Naming locales explicitly

Demo Code

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <locale>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main() {/* w ww  .  ja v  a  2  s .  co  m*/
   try {
      locale loc("");
      cout << "Locale name = " << loc.name() << endl;

      locale locFr("french");
      locale locEn("english-american");
      locale locBr("portuguese-brazilian");

      cout.imbue(locFr); // Tell cout to use French formatting

      cout << "3.14 (French) = " << 3.14 << endl;
      cout << "Name = " << locFr.name() << endl;

      cout.imbue(locEn); // Now change to English (American)

      cout << "3.14 (English) = " << 3.14 << endl;
      cout << "Name = " << locEn.name() << endl;

      cout.imbue(locFr); // Tell cout to use Brazilian formatting

      cout << "3.14 (Brazil) = " << 3.14 << endl;
      cout << "Name = " << locBr.name() << endl;
   }
   catch (runtime_error& e) {
      cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << endl;
   }
}

Result


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