locale(3)							     locale(3)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
     operations

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

	 @x = sort @y;	     # ASCII sorting order
	 {
	     use locale;
	     @x	= sort @y;   # Locale-defined sorting order
	 }
	 @x = sort @y;	     # ASCII sorting order again

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     This pragma tells the compiler to enable (or disable) the use of POSIX
     locales for built-in operations (LC_CTYPE for regular expressions,	and
     LC_COLLATE	for string comparison).	 Each "use locale" or "no locale"
     affects statements	to the end of the enclosing BLOCK.


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