| stri_locale_set {stringi} | R Documentation |
Set or Get Default Locale in stringi
Description
stri_locale_set changes the default locale for all the functions
in the stringi package,
i.e., establishes the meaning of the “NULL locale” argument
of locale-sensitive functions.
stri_locale_get
gives the current default locale.
Usage
stri_locale_set(locale)
stri_locale_get()
Arguments
locale |
single string of the form |
Details
See stringi-locale for more information on the effect of changing the default locale.
stri_locale_get is the same as stri_locale_info(NULL)$Name.
Value
stri_locale_set returns a string with
previously used locale, invisibly.
stri_locale_get returns a string of the form Language,
Language_Country, or Language_Country_Variant,
e.g., 'en_US'.
Author(s)
Marek Gagolewski and other contributors
See Also
The official online manual of stringi at https://stringi.gagolewski.com/
Gagolewski M., stringi: Fast and portable character string processing in R, Journal of Statistical Software 103(2), 2022, 1-59, doi:10.18637/jss.v103.i02
Other locale_management:
about_locale,
stri_locale_info(),
stri_locale_list()
Examples
## Not run:
oldloc <- stri_locale_set('pt_BR')
# ... some locale-dependent operations
# ... note that you may always modify a locale per-call
# ... changing the default locale is convenient if you perform
# ... many operations
stri_locale_set(oldloc) # restore the previous default locale
## End(Not run)