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STRFMON(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual STRFMON(3P)
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strfmon, strfmon_l — convert monetary value to a stringSYNOPSIS top
#include <monetary.h>
ssize_t strfmon(char *restrict _s_, size_t _maxsize_,
const char *restrict _format_, ...);
ssize_t strfmon_l(char *restrict _s_, size_t _maxsize_,
locale_t _locale_, const char *restrict _format_, ...);DESCRIPTION top
The _strfmon_() function shall place characters into the array
pointed to by _s_ as controlled by the string pointed to by _format_.
No more than _maxsize_ bytes are placed into the array.
The format is a character string, beginning and ending in its
initial state, if any, that contains two types of objects: _plain_
_characters_, which are simply copied to the output stream, and
_conversion specifications_, each of which shall result in the
fetching of zero or more arguments which are converted and
formatted. The results are undefined if there are insufficient
arguments for the format. If the format is exhausted while
arguments remain, the excess arguments are simply ignored.
The application shall ensure that a conversion specification
consists of the following sequence:
* A **'%'** character
* Optional flags
* Optional field width
* Optional left precision
* Optional right precision
* A required conversion specifier character that determines the
conversion to be performed
The _strfmonl_() function shall be equivalent to the _strfmon_()
function, except that the locale data used is from the locale
represented by _locale_.Flags One or more of the following optional flags can be specified to control the conversion:
=_f_ An **'='** followed by a single character _f_ which is used as
the numeric fill character. In order to work with
precision or width counts, the fill character shall be a
single byte character; if not, the behavior is undefined.
The default numeric fill character is the <space>. This
flag does not affect field width filling which always uses
the <space>. This flag is ignored unless a left precision
(see below) is specified.
^ Do not format the currency amount with grouping
characters. The default is to insert the grouping
characters if defined for the current locale.
+ or ( Specify the style of representing positive and negative
currency amounts. Only one of **'+'** or **'('** may be specified.
If **'+'** is specified, the locale's equivalent of **'+'** and
**'-'** are used (for example, in many locales, the empty
string if positive and **'-'** if negative). If **'('** is
specified, negative amounts are enclosed within
parentheses. If neither flag is specified, the **'+'** style
is used.
! Suppress the currency symbol from the output conversion.
- Specify the alignment. If this flag is present the result
of the conversion is left-justified (padded to the right)
rather than right-justified. This flag shall be ignored
unless a field width (see below) is specified.Field Width w A decimal digit string w specifying a minimum field width in bytes in which the result of the conversion is right- justified (or left-justified if the flag '-' is specified). The default is 0.
Left Precision #n A '#' followed by a decimal digit string n specifying a maximum number of digits expected to be formatted to the left of the radix character. This option can be used to keep the formatted output from multiple calls to the strfmon() function aligned in the same columns. It can also be used to fill unused positions with a special character as in **"$*123.45"**. This option causes an amount to be formatted as if it has the number of digits specified by n. If more than n digit positions are required, this conversion specification is ignored. Digit positions in excess of those actually required are filled with the numeric fill character (see the =f flag above).
If grouping has not been suppressed with the **'^'** flag, and
it is defined for the current locale, grouping separators
are inserted before the fill characters (if any) are
added. Grouping separators are not applied to fill
characters even if the fill character is a digit.
To ensure alignment, any characters appearing before or
after the number in the formatted output such as currency
or sign symbols are padded as necessary with <space>
characters to make their positive and negative formats an
equal length.Right Precision .p A followed by a decimal digit string p specifying the number of digits after the radix character. If the value of the right precision p is 0, no radix character appears. If a right precision is not included, a default specified by the current locale is used. The amount being formatted is rounded to the specified number of digits prior to formatting.
Conversion Specifier Characters The conversion specifier characters and their meanings are:
i The **double** argument is formatted according to the locale's
international currency format (for example, in the US: USD
1,234.56). If the argument is ±Inf or NaN, the result of
the conversion is unspecified.
n The **double** argument is formatted according to the locale's
national currency format (for example, in the US:
$1,234.56). If the argument is ±Inf or NaN, the result of
the conversion is unspecified.
% Convert to a **'%'**; no argument is converted. The entire
conversion specification shall be **%%**.Locale Information The LCMONETARY category of the current locale affects the behavior of this function including the monetary radix character (which may be different from the numeric radix character affected by the LCNUMERIC category), the grouping separator, the currency symbols, and formats. The international currency symbol should be conformant with the ISO 4217:2001 standard.
If the value of _maxsize_ is greater than {SSIZE_MAX}, the result is
implementation-defined.
The behavior is undefined if the _locale_ argument to _strfmonl_() is
the special locale object LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE or is not a valid
locale object handle.RETURN VALUE top
If the total number of resulting bytes including the terminating
null byte is not more than _maxsize_, these functions shall return
the number of bytes placed into the array pointed to by _s_, not
including the terminating NUL character. Otherwise, -1 shall be
returned, the contents of the array are unspecified, and _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_
shall be set to indicate the error.ERRORS top
These functions shall fail if:
**E2BIG** Conversion stopped due to lack of space in the buffer.
_The following sections are informative._EXAMPLES top
Given a locale for the US and the values 123.45, -123.45, and
3456.781, the following output might be produced. Square brackets
(**"[]"**) are used in this example to delimit the output.
%n [$123.45] Default formatting
[-$123.45]
[$3,456.78]
%11n [ $123.45] Right align within an 11-character field
[ -$123.45]
[ $3,456.78]
%#5n [ $ 123.45] Aligned columns for values up to 99999
[-$ 123.45]
[ $ 3,456.78]
%=*#5n [ $***123.45] Specify a fill character
[-$***123.45]
[ $*3,456.78]
%=0#5n [ $000123.45] Fill characters do not use grouping
[-$000123.45] even if the fill character is a digit
[ $03,456.78]
%^#5n [ $ 123.45] Disable the grouping separator
[-$ 123.45]
[ $ 3456.78]
%^#5.0n [ $ 123] Round off to whole units
[-$ 123]
[ $ 3457]
%^#5.4n [ $ 123.4500] Increase the precision
[-$ 123.4500]
[ $ 3456.7810]
%(#5n [ $ 123.45 ] Use an alternative pos/neg style
[($ 123.45)]
[ $ 3,456.78 ]
%!(#5n [ 123.45 ] Disable the currency symbol
[( 123.45)]
[ 3,456.78 ]
%-14#5.4n [ $ 123.4500 ] Left-justify the output
[-$ 123.4500 ]
[ $ 3,456.7810 ]
%14#5.4n [ $ 123.4500] Corresponding right-justified output
[ -$ 123.4500]
[ $ 3,456.7810]
See also the EXAMPLES section in _fprintf_().APPLICATION USAGE top
None.RATIONALE top
None.FUTURE DIRECTIONS top
Lowercase conversion characters are reserved for future standards
use and uppercase for implementation-defined use.SEE ALSO top
[fprintf(3p)](../man3/fprintf.3p.html), [localeconv(3p)](../man3/localeconv.3p.html)
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, [monetary.h(0p)](../man0/monetary.h.0p.html)COPYRIGHT top
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Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
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