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NAME
strfmon, strfmon_l — convert monetary value to a string
SYNOPSIS
#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
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 strfmon_l() 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 <period> 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 LC_MONETARY 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 LC_NUMERIC 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 strfmon_l() is the special locale
object LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE or is not a valid locale object handle.
RETURN VALUE
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 shall be set to indicate
the error.
ERRORS
These functions shall fail if:
E2BIG Conversion stopped due to lack of space in the buffer.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
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
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Lowercase conversion characters are reserved for future standards use and uppercase for
implementation-defined use.
SEE ALSO
fprintf(), localeconv()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <monetary.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std
1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. (This is
POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the event of any
discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the
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