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Process the name of the locale and read input
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/* The following code example is taken from the book
* "The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference"
* by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 1999
*
* (C) Copyright Nicolai M. Josuttis 1999.
* Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this software
* is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies.
* This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
* warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
*/
#include <iostream>
#include <locale>
#include <string>
#include <cstdlib>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
// create the default locale from the user's environment
locale langLocale("");
// and assign it to the standard ouput channel
cout.imbue(langLocale);
// process the name of the locale
bool isGerman;
if (langLocale.name() == "de_DE" ||
langLocale.name() == "de" ||
langLocale.name() == "german") {
isGerman = true;
}
else {
isGerman = false;
}
// read locale for the input
if (isGerman) {
cout << "Sprachumgebung fuer Eingaben: ";
}
else {
cout << "Locale for input: ";
}
string s;
cin >> s;
if (!cin) {
if (isGerman) {
cerr << "FEHLER beim Einlesen der Sprachumgebung"
<< endl;
}
else {
cerr << "ERROR while reading the locale" << endl;
}
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
locale cinLocale(s.c_str());
// and assign it to the standard input channel
cin.imbue(cinLocale);
// read and output floating-point values in a loop
double value;
while (cin >> value) {
cout << value << endl;
}
}
Locale for input: US
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