get-current-locale.md

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_get_current_locale

Gets a locale object representing the current locale.

Syntax

_locale_t _get_current_locale(void);

Return value

A locale object representing the current locale.

Remarks

The _get_current_locale function gets the currently set locale for the thread and returns a locale object representing that locale.

The previous name of this function, __get_current_locale (with two leading underscores) has been deprecated.

Requirements

Routine	Required header
_get_current_locale	<locale.h>

For more compatibility information, see Compatibility.

See also

setlocale, _wsetlocale
_create_locale, _wcreate_locale
_free_locale