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* numpunct.cpp - Example program for the numpunct facet.
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#include <iostream> // for cerr, cout
#include <locale> // for locale, numpunct, use_facet
#include <stdexcept> // for runtime_error
#include <examples.h>
static std::locale
make_german_locale ()
{
static const char* const
locale_names [] = {
"de_DE.ISO8859-1", // AIX, Solaris, Tru64
"de_DE.iso88591", // HP-UX, Linux
"de_DE.88591",
"De_DE.88591", // Reliant
"de_DE",
"de", // Linux, Solaris
"German",
"german", // Linux
"deutsch", // Linux
"german_germany.1252", // Windows
0 // (sentinel)
};
std::locale german;
// iterate over the know locale names above until a valid one
// is found (i.e., one that doesn't cause locale to throw)
for (const char* const *names = locale_names; ; ) {
try {
german = std::locale (names [0]);
break;
}
catch (std::runtime_error&) {
// continue trying until the next name is null
if (0 == *++names)
throw;
}
catch (...) {
throw;
}
}
return german;
}
int main ()
{
typedef std::numpunct<char> Numpunct;
try {
// try to contruct a german locale
const std::locale german (make_german_locale ());
// obtain a numpunct facet for the german locale
const Numpunct &np = std::use_facet<Numpunct>(german);
std::cout << "German locale"
<< "\nDecimal point = " << np.decimal_point ()
<< "\nThousands separator = " << np.thousands_sep ()
<< "\nTrue name = " << np.truename ()
<< "\nFalse name = " << np.falsename()
<< '\n';
}
catch (std::runtime_error& e) {
// a runtime_error will be thrown if the locale cannot be constructed
std::cerr << "Caught runtime_error:\n";
std::cerr << e.what () << '\n';
}
catch (...) {
std::cerr << "Caught an unknown exception\n";
}
return 0;
}