Difference between revisions of "locale.name"

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== Example ==
 
== Example ==
  
<source lang="lua">len = locale.name() --Puts the current locale name in len</source>
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<source lang="lua">lang = locale.name() --Puts the current locale name in lang</source>
  
 
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Revision as of 12:43, 25 May 2011

locale.name is a function that is part of the Locale Library.


The function returns the name of the current locale.

Syntax

locale.name()
returns the name of the current local. It normally returns a two-letter language code, but in some cases it also contains a two-letter country code (ISO-639).

For instance: en, fr, it, nl_be, fr_be

Example

lang = locale.name() --Puts the current locale name in lang