How can I get the system language in C/C++? Like en_US or en_GB.
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Dup of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/953416/find-out-the-language-windows-was-installed-as
In summary - "the Win32 function you want is GetSystemDefaultUILanguage()" (assuming Windows of course)
Steve Townsend
2010-09-13 17:06:04
OP doesn't say specifically Windows.
Zack
2010-09-13 17:07:17
Actually, now he says Linux. Thankfully I don't have enough karma to officially dup posts.
Steve Townsend
2010-09-13 17:08:34
+1 even if OP commented about POSIX, it might be useful to others finding the question through Google
Vincent Robert
2010-09-13 17:09:35
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A:
On a POSIX system, it looks like setlocale(LC_CTYPE, NULL); would return the current locale.
Mike G.
2010-09-13 17:06:19
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C++, as a language has no such facilities.
It's OS dependant.
Edit:
Sorry... I wasn't aware of std::locale. It is good to learn new things.
Lior Kogan
2010-09-13 17:06:35
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Generally you don't -- rather, you (usually) want to just conform to what it asks for using the nameless locale (i.e., std::locale(""); will give you the locale of the user's choosing).
Jerry Coffin
2010-09-13 17:07:28
A:
There isn't necessarily one system language; individual "facets" of the locale can be configured separately. It's all done with environment variables; http://www.manpagez.com/man/1/locale/ has a partial list of variables and their meanings.
Zack
2010-09-13 17:08:11