std::locale::classic

 

C++

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Localization library

Locales and facets
Locales
has_facet use_facet	locale
Facet category base classes
ctype_base codecvt_base messages_base	time_base money_base
ctype facets
ctype ctype<char> ctype_byname	codecvt codecvt_byname
numeric facets
num_get num_put	numpunct numpunct_byname
collate facets
collate	collate_byname
time facets
time_get time_put	time_get_byname time_put_byname
monetary facets
money_get money_put	moneypunct moneypunct_byname
messages facets
messages	messages_byname

Character classification and conversion
Character classification
isspace isblank (C++11) iscntrl	isupper islower isalpha	ispunct isdigit isxdigit	isalnum isprint isgraph

Character conversions

toupper

tolower

String and stream conversions

wstring_convert (C++11/17/26*)

wbuffer_convert (C++11/17/26*)

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text_encoding (C++26)

Unicode conversion facets

codecvt_utf8 (C++11/17/26*)

codecvt_utf16 (C++11/17/26*)

codecvt_utf8_utf16 (C++11/17/26*)

codecvt_mode (C++11/17/26*)

C library locales
LC_ALLLC_COLLATELC_CTYPELC_MONETARYLC_NUMERICLC_TIME	setlocale localeconv lconv

 

std::locale

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locale::id

locale::facet

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locale::locale

locale::~locale

locale::operator=

locale::combine

locale::name

locale::encoding (C++26)

locale::operator==locale::operator!= (until C++20)

locale::operator()

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locale::global

locale::classic

 

static const locale& classic();

Obtains a reference to the C++ locale that implements the classic "C" locale semantics. This locale, unlike the global locale, cannot be altered.

Parameters

none

Return value

Returns a reference to the "C" locale.

Notes

Some of the standard-required facets, such as the UTF-8/UTF-32 conversion facet std::codecvt<char32_t, char, std::mbstate_t>, have no equivalents in the "C" locale, but they are nevertheless present in the locale returned by std::locale::classic(), as in any other locale constructed in a C++ program.

See also

global [static]

changes the global locale (public static member function)