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+'\" t
+.\" Copyright (c) 1993 by Thomas Koenig (ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de)
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
+.\"
+.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 19:01:20 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
+.TH localeconv 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
+.SH NAME
+localeconv \- get numeric formatting information
+.SH LIBRARY
+Standard C library
+.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <locale.h>
+.P
+.B struct lconv *localeconv(void);
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.BR localeconv ()
+function returns a pointer to a
+.I struct lconv
+for the current locale.
+This structure is shown in
+.BR locale (7),
+and contains all values associated with the locale categories
+.B LC_NUMERIC
+and
+.BR LC_MONETARY .
+Programs may also use the functions
+.BR printf (3)
+and
+.BR strfmon (3),
+which behave according to the actual locale in use.
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+The
+.BR localeconv ()
+function returns a pointer to a filled in
+.IR "struct lconv" .
+This structure may be (in glibc,
+.IR is )
+statically allocated, and may be overwritten by subsequent calls.
+According to POSIX,
+the caller should not modify the contents of this structure.
+The
+.BR localeconv ()
+function always succeeds.
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
+.BR attributes (7).
+.TS
+allbox;
+lb lb lbx
+l l l.
+Interface	Attribute	Value
+T{
+.na
+.nh
+.BR localeconv ()
+T}	Thread safety	T{
+.na
+.nh
+MT-Unsafe race:localeconv locale
+T}
+.TE
+.SH STANDARDS
+C11.
+.SH HISTORY
+C89.
+.SH BUGS
+The
+.BR printf (3)
+family of functions may or may not honor the current locale.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR locale (1),
+.BR localedef (1),
+.BR isalpha (3),
+.BR nl_langinfo (3),
+.BR setlocale (3),
+.BR strcoll (3),
+.BR strftime (3),
+.BR locale (7)