The C++ Programming Language, Special Edition

Appendix D. Locales

	When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
	--proverb

Handling cultural differences — class locale — named locales — constructing locales — copying and comparing locales — the global() and classic() locales — comparing strings — class facet — accessing facets in a locale — a simple user-defined facet — standard facets — string comparison — numeric I/O — money I/O — date and time I/O — low-level time operations — a Date class — character classification — character code conversion — message catalogs — advice — exercises.

Handling Cultural Differences

A locale is an object that represents a set of cultural preferences, such as how strings are compared, the way numbers appear as human-readable output, and the way characters are represented ...