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25 changes: 12 additions & 13 deletions Doc/library/locale.rst
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Expand Up @@ -43,8 +43,19 @@ The :mod:`locale` module defines the following exception and functions:
If *locale* is omitted or ``None``, the current setting for *category* is
returned.

Example::

>>> import locale
>>> loc = locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL) # get current locale
# use German locale; name and availability varies with platform
>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'de_DE.UTF-8')
>>> locale.strcoll('f\xe4n', 'foo') # compare a string containing an umlaut
>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '') # use user's preferred locale
>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'C') # use default (C) locale
>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, loc) # restore saved locale

:func:`setlocale` is not thread-safe on most systems. Applications typically
start with a call of ::
start with a call of::

import locale
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
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:func:`localeconv`.


Example::

>>> import locale
>>> loc = locale.getlocale() # get current locale
# use German locale; name might vary with platform
>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'de_DE')
>>> locale.strcoll('f\xe4n', 'foo') # compare a string containing an umlaut
>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '') # use user's preferred locale
>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'C') # use default (C) locale
>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, loc) # restore saved locale


Background, details, hints, tips and caveats
--------------------------------------------

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