locale — Easy Examples

Locale-aware formatting for numbers, currency, and dates

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Getting started with locale

Basic import and usage of the locale module.

python
# locale module
print("locale provides locale-aware formatting")
print("Usage: locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')")
print("  locale.currency(1234.56)")
print("  locale.format_string('%d', 1234567, grouping=True)")

The locale module is part of Python's standard library. Locale-aware formatting for numbers, currency, and dates.

Common locale operations

Frequently used functions from the locale module.

python
# More locale examples
import locale

print(f"locale module loaded successfully")
print(f"Location: {locale.__name__}")
print(f"Has {len(dir(locale))} attributes")

These are the most commonly used features of the locale module.

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