setlocale
- setlocale(category, locale=None)
Set the locale for the given category. The locale can be a string, an iterable of two strings (language code and encoding), or None. Iterables are converted to strings using the locale aliasing engine. Locale strings are passed directly to the C lib. category may be given as one of the LC_* values.
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Changed in 3.15
- 3.15: Support language codes with @-modifiers.
1 Example
>>> import locale >>> loc = locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL) # get current locale # use German locale; name and availability varies with platform >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'de_DE.UTF-8') >>> locale.strcoll('f\xe4n', 'foo') # compare a string containing an umlaut >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '') # use user's preferred locale >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'C') # use default (C) locale >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, loc) # restore saved locale
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