stri_locale_set {stringi} | R Documentation

## Set or Get Default Locale in stringi

### Description

`stri_locale_set` changes default locale for all functions in the stringi package, i.e. establishes the meaning of the “`NULL` locale” argument of locale-sensitive functions. On the other hand, `stri_locale_get` gets current default locale.

### Usage

    stri_locale_set(locale)

    stri_locale_get()

### Arguments

`locale` | single string of the form `Language`, `Language_Country`, or `Language_Country_Variant`, e.g. "en_US", see `stri_locale_list`

### Details

See stringi-locale for more information on the effect of changing 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".

### See Also

Other locale_management: `stri_locale_info`, `stri_locale_list`, `stringi-locale`

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    oldloc <- stri_locale_set("pt_BR")
    # ... some locale-dependent operations
    # ... note that you may always modify a locale per-call
    # ... changing default locale is convinient if you perform
    # ... many operations
    stri_locale_set(oldloc) # restore previous default locale

    ## End(Not run)

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