Function: os.setlocale :: Operating System

function os.setlocale ( locale, category )

Sets the current locale of the program.

Code:

locale

is a string specifying a locale;

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category

is an optional string describing which category to change:

Code:

"all"

Code:

"collate"

Code:

"ctype"

Code:

"monetary"

Code:

"numeric"

, or

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"time"

;
the default category is

Code:

"all"

.
The function returns the name of the new locale,
or nil if the request cannot be honored.

When called with nil as the first argument,
this function only returns the name of the current locale
for the given category.

Lua-Api

Operating System

[LUA 5.1] os.setlocale

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