NAME

Locale::CLDR - A Module to create locale objects with localisation data from the CLDR

VERSION

Version 0.44.1

SYNOPSIS

This module provides a locale object you can use to localise your output. The localisation data comes from the Unicode Common Locale Data Repository. Most of this code can be used with Perl version 5.10.1 or above. There are a few parts of the code that require version 5.18 or above.

USAGE

 my $locale = Locale::CLDR->new('en_US');

or

 my $locale = Locale::CLDR->new(language_id => 'en', region_id => 'us');
 

A full locale identifier is

language_script_region_variant_u_extension name_extension value

 my $locale = Locale::CLDR->new('en_latn_US_SCOUSE_u_nu_traditional');
 

or

 my $locale = Locale::CLDR->new(language_id => 'en', script_id => 'latn', region_id => 'US', variant => 'SCOUSE', extensions => { nu => 'traditional' } );
 

ATTRIBUTES

These can be passed into the constructor and all are optional.

language_id

A valid language or language alias id, such as en

script_id

A valid script id, such as latn or Ctcl. The code will pick a likely script depending on the given language if non is provided.

region_id

A valid region id or region alias such as GB

variant_id

A valid variant id. The code currently ignores this

extensions

A Hashref of extension names and values. You can use this to override the locales number formatting and calendar by passing in the Unicode extension names or aliases as keys and the extension value as the hash value.

Currently supported extensions are

ca
calendar

You can use this to override a locales default calendar. Valid values are

buddhist

Thai Buddhist calendar

chinese

Traditional Chinese calendar

coptic

Coptic calendar

dangi

Traditional Korean calendar

ethioaa
ethiopic-amete-alem

Ethiopic calendar, Amete Alem (epoch approx. 5493 B.C.E)

ethiopic

Ethiopic calendar, Amete Mihret (epoch approx, 8 C.E.)

gregory
gregorian

Gregorian calendar

hebrew

Hebrew Calendar

indian

Indian National Calendar

islamic

Islamic Calendar

islamic-civil

Islamic Calendar (tabular, civil epoch)

islamic-rgsa

Islamic Calendar (Saudi Arabia, sighting)

islamic-tbla

Islamic Calendar (tabular, astronomical epoch)

islamic-umalqura

Islamic Calendar (Umm al-Qura)

iso8601

ISO-8601 Calendar

japanese

Japanese Calendar

persian

Persian Calendar

roc

Minguo Calendar

cf

This overrides the default currency format. It can be set to one of standard or account

co
collation

The default collation order. Two collation orders are universal

standard

The standard collation order for the local

A collation type just used for comparing two strings to see if they match

There are other collation keywords but they are dependant on the local being used see Unicode Collation Identifier

cu
currency

This extension overrides the default currency symbol for the locale. It's value is any valid currency identifyer.

dx

Dictionary break script exclusions: specifies scripts to be excluded from dictionary-based text break (for words and lines).

em

Emoji presentation style, can be one of

emoji

Use an emoji presentation for emoji characters if possible.

text

Use a text presentation for emoji characters if possible.

default

Use the default presentation for emoji characters as specified in UTR #51 Section 4, Presentation Style.

fw

This extension overrides the first day of the week. It can be set to one of

mon
tue
wed
thu
fri
sat
sun
hc

A Unicode Hour Cycle Identifier defines the preferred time cycle. Can be one of

h12

Hour system using 1–12; corresponds to 'h' in patterns

h23

Hour system using 0–23; corresponds to 'H' in patterns

h11

Hour system using 0–11; corresponds to 'K' in patterns

h24

Hour system using 1–24; corresponds to 'k' in patterns

lb

A Unicode Line Break Style Identifier defines a preferred line break style corresponding to the CSS level 3 line-break option. Can be one of

strict

CSS level 3 line-break=strict, e.g. treat CJ as NS

normal

CSS level 3 line-break=normal, e.g. treat CJ as ID, break before hyphens for ja,zh

loose

CSS level 3 line-break=loose

lw

A Unicode Line Break Word Identifier defines preferred line break word handling behavior corresponding to the CSS level 3 word-break option. Can be one of

normal

CSS level 3 word-break=normal, normal script/language behavior for midword breaks

breakall

CSS level 3 word-break=break-all, allow midword breaks unless forbidden by lb setting

keepall

CSS level 3 word-break=keep-all, prohibit midword breaks except for dictionary breaks

phrase

Prioritize keeping natural phrases (of multiple words) together when breaking, used in short text like title and headline

ms

Measurement system. Can be one of

metric

Metric System

ussystem

US System of measurement: feet, pints, etc.; pints are 16oz

uksystem

UK System of measurement: feet, pints, etc.; pints are 20oz

nu
numbers

The number type can be one of

arab

Arabic-Indic Digits

arabext

Extended Arabic-Indic Digits

armn

Armenian Numerals

armnlow

Armenian Lowercase Numerals

bali

Balinese Digits

beng

Bengali Digits

brah

Brahmi Digits

cakm

Chakma Digits

cham

Cham Digits

deva

Devanagari Digits

ethi

Ethiopic Numerals

finance

Financial Numerals

fullwide

Full Width Digits

geor

Georgian Numerals

grek

Greek Numerals

greklow

Greek Lowercase Numerals

gujr

Gujarati Digits

guru

Gurmukhi Digits

hanidays

Chinese Calendar Day-of-Month Numerals

hanidec

Chinese Decimal Numerals

hans

Simplified Chinese Numerals

hansfin

Simplified Chinese Financial Numerals

hant

Traditional Chinese Numerals

hantfin

Traditional Chinese Financial Numerals

hebr

Hebrew Numerals

java

Javanese Digits

jpan

Japanese Numerals

jpanfin

Japanese Financial Numerals

kali

Kayah Li Digits

khmr

Khmer Digits

knda

Kannada Digits

lana

Tai Tham Hora Digits

lanatham

Tai Tham Tham Digits

laoo

Lao Digits

latn

Western Digits

lepc

Lepcha Digits

limb

Limbu Digits

mlym

Malayalam Digits

mong

Mongolian Digits

mtei

Meetei Mayek Digits

mymr

Myanmar Digits

mymrshan

Myanmar Shan Digits

native

Native Digits

nkoo

N'Ko Digits

olck

Ol Chiki Digits

orya

Oriya Digits

osma

Osmanya Digits

roman

Roman Numerals

romanlow

Roman Lowercase Numerals

saur

Saurashtra Digits

shrd

Sharada Digits

sora

Sora Sompeng Digits

sund

Sundanese Digits

takr

Takri Digits

talu

New Tai Lue Digits

taml

Traditional Tamil Numerals

tamldec

Tamil Digits

telu

Telugu Digits

thai

Thai Digits

tibt

Tibetan Digits

traditional

Traditional Numerals

vaii

Vai Digits

rg

Region Override

sd

Regional Subdivision

ss

Sentence break suppressions. Can be one of

none

Don’t use sentence break suppressions data (the default).

standard

Use sentence break suppressions data of type "standard"

tz

Time zone

va

Common variant type

Methods

The following methods can be called on the locale object

installed_locales()

Returns an array ref containing the sorted list of installed locale identfiers

id()

The local identifier. This is what you get if you attempt to stringify a locale object.

has_region()

True if a region id was passed into the constructor

has_script()

True if a script id was passed into the constructor

has_variant()

True if a variant id was passed into the constructor

likely_language()

Given a locale with no language passed in or with the explicit language code of und, this method attempts to use the script and region data to guess the locale's language.

likely_script()

Given a locale with no script passed in this method attempts to use the language and region data to guess the locale's script.

likely_region()

Given a locale with no region passed in this method attempts to use the language and script data to guess the locale's region.

Meta Data

The following methods return, in English, the names if the various id's passed into the locales constructor. I.e. if you passed language => 'fr' to the constructor you would get back French for the language.

name

The locale's name. This is usually built up out of the language, script, region and variant of the locale

language

The name of the locale's language

script

The name of the locale's script

region

The name of the locale's region

variant

The name of the locale's variant

Native Meta Data

Like Meta Data above this provides the names of the various id's passed into the locale's constructor. However in this case the names are formatted to match the locale. I.e. if you passed language => 'fr' to the constructor you would get back français for the language.

native_name

The locale's name. This is usually built up out of the language, script, region and variant of the locale. Returned in the locale's language and script

native_language

The name of the locale's language in the locale's language and script.

native_script

The name of the locale's script in the locale's language and script.

native_region

The name of the locale's region in the locale's language and script.

native_variant

The name of the locale's variant in the locale's language and script.

Calenders

The Calendar data is built to hook into DateTime::Locale so that all Locale::CLDR objects can be used as replacements for DateTime::Locale's locale data. To use, say, the French data do

 my $french_locale = Locale::CLDR->new('fr_FR');
 my $french_dt = DateTime->now(locale => $french_locale);
 say "French month : ", $french_dt->month_name; # prints out the current month in French
month_format_wide
month_format_abbreviated
month_format_narrow
month_stand_alone_wide
month_stand_alone_abbreviated
month_stand_alone_narrow

All the above return an arrayref of month names in the requested style.

day_format_wide
day_format_abbreviated
day_format_narrow
day_stand_alone_wide
day_stand_alone_abbreviated
day_stand_alone_narrow

All the above return an array ref of day names in the requested style.

quarter_format_wide
quarter_format_abbreviated
quarter_format_narrow
quarter_stand_alone_wide
quarter_stand_alone_abbreviated
quarter_stand_alone_narrow

All the above return an arrayref of quarter names in the requested style.

am_pm_wide
am_pm_abbreviated
am_pm_narrow

All the above return the date period name for AM and PM in the requested style

era_wide
era_abbreviated
era_narrow

All the above return an array ref of era names. Note that these return the first two eras which is what you normally want for BC and AD etc. but won't work correctly for Japanese calendars.

The next set of methods are not used by DateTime::Locale but CLDR provide the data and you might want it

am_pm_format_wide
am_pm_format_abbreviated
am_pm_format_narrow
am_pm_stand_alone_wide
am_pm_stand_alone_abbreviated
am_pm_stand_alone_narrow

All the above return a hashref keyed on date period with the value being the value for that date period

era_format_wide
era_format_abbreviated
era_format_narrow
era_stand_alone_wide
era_stand_alone_abbreviated
era_stand_alone_narrow

All the above return an array ref with all the era data for the locale formatted to the requested width

date_format_full
date_format_long
date_format_medium
date_format_short
time_format_full
time_format_long
time_format_medium
time_format_short
datetime_format_full
datetime_format_long
datetime_format_medium
datetime_format_short

All the above return the CLDR date format pattern for the given element and width

prefers_24_hour_time()

Returns a boolean value, true if the locale has a preference for 24 hour time over 12 hour

first_day_of_week()

Returns the numeric representation of the first day of the week With 0 = Saturday

get_day_period($time, $type = 'default')

This method will calculate the correct period for a given time and return the period name in the locale's language and script

format_for($date_time_format)

This method takes a CLDR date time format and returns the localised version of the format.

Names

These methods allow you to pass in a locale, either by id or as a Locale::CLDR object and return an name formatted in the locale of $self. If you don't pass in a locale then it will use $self.

locale_name($name)

Returns the given locale name in the current locale's format. The name can be a locale id or a locale object or non existent. If a name is not passed in then the name of the current locale is returned.

language_name($language)

Returns the language name in the current locale's format. The name can be a locale language id or a locale object or non existent. If a name is not passed in then the language name of the current locale is returned.

all_languages()

Returns a hash ref keyed on language id of all the languages the system knows about. The values are the language names for the corresponding id's

script_name($script)

Returns the script name in the current locale's format. The script can be a locale script id or a locale object or non existent. If a script is not passed in then the script name of the current locale is returned.

all_scripts()

Returns a hash ref keyed on script id of all the scripts the system knows about. The values are the script names for the corresponding id's

region_name($region)

Returns the region name in the current locale's format. The region can be a locale region id or a locale object or non existent. If a region is not passed in then the region name of the current locale is returned.

all_regions

Returns a hash ref keyed on region id of all the region the system knows about. The values are the region names for the corresponding ids

variant_name($variant)

Returns the variant name in the current locale's format. The variant can be a locale variant id or a locale object or non existent. If a variant is not passed in then the variant name of the current locale is returned.

key_name($key)

Returns the key name in the current locale's format. The key must be a locale key id as a string

type_name($key, $type)

Returns the type name in the current locale's format. The key and type must be a locale key id and type id as a string

measurement_system_name($measurement_system)

Returns the measurement system name in the current locale's format. The measurement system must be a measurement system id as a string

transform_name($name)

Returns the transform (transliteration) name in the current locale's format. The transform must be a transform id as a string

code_pattern($type, $locale)

This method formats a language, script or region name, given as $type from $locale in a way expected by the current locale. If $locale is not passed in or is undef() the method uses the current locale.

text_orientation($type)

Gets the text orientation for the locale. Type must be one of lines or characters

Segmentation

This group of methods allow you to split a string in various ways Note you need Perl 5.18 or above for this

split_grapheme_clusters($string)

Splits a string on grapheme clusters using the locale's segmentation rules. Returns a list of grapheme clusters.

split_words($string)

Splits a string on word boundaries using the locale's segmentation rules. Returns a list of words.

split_sentences($string)

Splits a string on on all points where a sentence could end using the locale's segmentation rules. Returns a list the end of each list element is the point where a sentence could end.

split_lines($string)

Splits a string on on all points where a line could end using the locale's segmentation rules. Returns a list the end of each list element is the point where a line could end.

Characters

is_exemplar_character( $type, $character)
is_exemplar_character($character)

Tests if the given character is used in the locale. There are four possible types; main, auxiliary, punctuation and index. If no type is given main is assumed. Unless the index type is given you will have to have a Perl version of 5.18 or above to use this method

index_characters()

Returns an array ref of characters normally used when creating an index and ordered appropriately.

Truncation

These methods format a string to show where part of the string has been removed

truncated_beginning($string)

Adds the locale specific marking to show that the string has been truncated at the beginning.

truncated_between($string, $string)

Adds the locale specific marking to show that something has been truncated between the two strings. Returns a string comprising of the concatenation of the first string, the mark and the second string

truncated_end($string)

Adds the locale specific marking to show that the string has been truncated at the end.

truncated_word_beginning($string)

Adds the locale specific marking to show that the string has been truncated at the beginning. This should be used in preference to truncated_beginning when the truncation occurs on a word boundary.

truncated_word_between($string, $string)

Adds the locale specific marking to show that something has been truncated between the two strings. Returns a string comprising of the concatenation of the first string, the mark and the second string. This should be used in preference to truncated_between when the truncation occurs on a word boundary.

truncated_word_end($string)

Adds the locale specific marking to show that the string has been truncated at the end. This should be used in preference to truncated_end when the truncation occurs on a word boundary.

Quoting

quote($string)

Adds the locale's primary quotation marks to the ends of the string. Also scans the string for paired primary and auxiliary quotation marks and flips them.

eg passing z “abc” z to this method for the en_GB locale gives “z ‘abc’ z”

Miscellaneous

more_information()

The more information string is one that can be displayed in an interface to indicate that more information is available.

measurement()

Returns the measurement type for the locale

paper()

Returns the paper type for the locale

Units

all_units()

Returns a list of all the unit identifiers for the locale

unit($number, $unit, $width)

Returns the localised string for the given number and unit formatted for the required width. The number must not be the localized version of the number. The returned string will be in the locale's format, including the number.

unit_name($unit_identifier)

This method returns the localised name of the unit

duration_unit($format, @data)

This method formats a duration. The format must be one of hm, hms or ms corresponding to hour minute, hour minute second and minute second respectively. The data must correspond to the given format.

Yes or No?

is_yes($string)

Returns true if the passed in string matches the locale's idea of a string designating yes. Note that under POSIX rules unless the locale's word for yes starts with Y (U+0079) then a single 'y' will also be accepted as yes. The string will be matched case insensitive.

is_no($string)

Returns true if the passed in string matches the locale's idea of a string designating no. Note that under POSIX rules unless the locale's word for no starts with n (U+006E) then a single 'n' will also be accepted as no The string will be matched case insensitive.

Transliteration

This method requires Perl version 5.18 or above to use and for you to have installed the optional Bundle::CLDR::Transformations

transform(from => $from, to => $to, variant => $variant, text => $text)

This method returns the transliterated string of text from script from to script to using variant variant. If from is not given then the current locale's script is used. If text is not given then it defaults to an empty string. The variant is optional.

Lists

list(@data)

Returns data as a string formatted by the locales idea of producing a list of elements. What is returned can be effected by the locale and the number of items in data. Note that data can contain 0 or more items.

Pluralisation

plural($number)

This method takes a number and uses the locale's pluralisation rules to calculate the type of pluralisation required for units, currencies and other data that changes depending on the plural state of the number

plural_range($start, $end)

This method returns the plural type for the range $start to $end $start and $end can either be numbers or one of the plural types zero one two few many other

Valid codes

valid_languages()

This method returns a list containing all the valid language codes

valid_scripts()

This method returns a list containing all the valid script codes

valid_regions()

This method returns a list containing all the valid region codes

valid_variants()

This method returns a list containing all the valid variant codes

key_aliases()

This method returns a hash that maps valid keys to their valid aliases

key_names()

This method returns a hash that maps valid key aliases to their valid keys

valid_keys()

This method returns a hash of valid keys and the valid type codes you can have with each key

language_aliases()

This method returns a hash that maps valid language codes to their valid aliases

region_aliases()

This method returns a hash that maps valid region codes to their valid aliases

variant_aliases()

This method returns a hash that maps valid variant codes to their valid aliases

Information about weeks

There are no standard codes for the days of the weeks so CLDR uses the following three letter codes to represent unlocalised days

sun

Sunday

mon

Monday

tue

Tuesday

wed

Wednesday

thu

Thursday

fri

Friday

sat

Saturday

week_data_min_days($region_id)

This method takes an optional region id and returns a the minimum number of days a week must have to count as the starting week of the new year. It uses the current locale's region if no region id is passed in.

week_data_first_day($region_id)

This method takes an optional region id and returns the three letter code of the first day of the week for that region. If no region id is passed in then it uses the current locale's region.

week_data_weekend_start()

This method takes an optional region id and returns the three letter code of the first day of the weekend for that region. If no region id is passed in then it uses the current locale's region.

week_data_weekend_end()

This method takes an optional region id and returns the three letter code of the last day of the weekend for that region. If no region id is passed in then it uses the current locale's region.

month_patterns($context, $width, $type)

The Chinese lunar calendar can insert a leap month after nearly any month of its year; when this happens, the month takes the name of the preceding month plus a special marker. The Hindu lunar calendars can insert a leap month before any one or two months of the year; when this happens, not only does the leap month take the name of the following month plus a special marker, the following month also takes a special marker. Moreover, in the Hindu calendar sometimes a month is skipped, in which case the preceding month takes a special marker plus the names of both months. The monthPatterns() method returns an array ref of month names with the marker added.

cyclic_name_sets($context, $width, $type)

This method returns an arrayref containing the cyclic names for the locale's default calendar using the given context, width and type.

Context can can currently only be c<format>

Width is one of abbreviated, narrow or wide

Type is one of dayParts, days, months, solarTerms, years or zodiacs

Region Containment

region_contains()

This method returns a hash ref keyed on region id. The value is an array ref. Each element of the array ref is a region id of a region immediately contained in the region used as the key

region_contained_by()

This method returns a hash ref keyed on region id. The value of the hash is the region id of the immediately containing region.

Numbering Systems

numbering_system()

This method returns a hash ref keyed on numbering system id which, for a given locale, can be got by calling the default_numbering_system() method. The values of the hash are a two element hash ref the keys being type and data. If the type is numeric then the data is an array ref of characters. The position in the array matches the numeric value of the character. If the type is algorithmic then data is the name of the algorithm used to display numbers in that format.

Number Formatting

format_number($number, $format, $currency, $for_cash)

This method formats the number $number using the format $format. If the format contains the currency symbol ¤ then the currency symbol for the currency code in $currency will be used. If $currency is undef() then the default currency code for the locale will be used.

Note that currency codes are based on region so if you do not pass in a currency and your locale did not get passed a region in the constructor you are going to end up with the likely sub tag's idea of the currency. This functionality may be removed or at least changed to emit a warning in future releases.

$for_cash is only used during currency formatting. If true then cash rounding will be used otherwise financial rounding will be used.

This function also handles rule based number formatting. If $format is string equivalent to one of the current locale's public rule based number formats then $number will be formatted according to that rule.

format_currency($number, $for_cash)

This method formats the number $number using the default currency and currency format for the locale. If $for_cash is a true value then cash rounding will be used otherwise financial rounding will be used.

add_currency_symbol($format, $symbol)

This method returns the format with the currency symbol $symbol correctly inserted into the format

parse_number_format($format, $currency, $currency_data, $for_cash)

This method parses a CLDR numeric format string into a hash ref containing data used to format a number. If a currency is being formatted then $currency contains the currency code, $currency_data is a hashref containing the currency rounding information and $for_cash is a flag to signal cash or financial rounding.

This should probably be a private function.

round($number, $increment, $decimal_digits)

This method returns $number rounded to the nearest $increment with $decimal_digits digits after the decimal point

get_formatted_number($number, $format, $currency_data, $for_cash)

This method takes the $format produced by parse_number_format() and uses it to parse $number. It returns a string containing the parsed number. If a currency is being formatted then $currency_data is a hashref containing the currency rounding information and $for_cash is a flag to signal cash or financial rounding.

get_digits()

This method returns an array containing the digits used by the locale, The order of the array is the order of the digits. It the locale's numbering system is algorithmic it will return [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]

default_numbering_system()

This method returns the numbering system id for the locale.

default_currency_format()

This method returns the locale's currenc format. This can be used by the number formatting code to correctly format the locale's currency

currency_format($format_type)

This method returns the format string for the currencies for the locale

There are two types of formatting standard and accounting you can pass standard or accounting as the paramater to the method to pick one of these ot it will use the locales default

Measurement Information

measurement_system()

This method returns a hash ref keyed on region, the value being the measurement system id for the region. If the region you are interested in is not listed use the region_contained_by() method until you find an entry.

paper_size()

This method returns a hash ref keyed on region, the value being the paper size used in that region. If the region you are interested in is not listed use the region_contained_by() method until you find an entry.

Likely Tags

likely_subtags()

A full locale tag requires, as a minimum, a language, script and region code. However for some locales it is possible to infer the missing element if the other two are given, e.g. given en_GB you can infer the script will be latn. It is also possible to fill in the missing elements of a locale with sensible defaults given sufficient knowledge of the layout of the CLDR data and usage patterns of locales around the world.

This function returns a hash ref keyed on partial locale id's with the value being the locale id for the most likely language, script and region code for the key.

likely_subtag()

This method returns a Locale::CLDR object with any missing elements from the language, script or region, filled in with data from the likely_subtags hash

Currency Information

currency_fractions()

This method returns a hash ref keyed on currency id. The value is a hash ref containing four keys. The keys are

digits

The number of decimal digits normally formatted.

rounding

The rounding increment, in units of 10^-digits.

cashdigits

The number of decimal digits to be used when formatting quantities used in cash transactions (as opposed to a quantity that would appear in a more formal setting, such as on a bank statement).

cashrounding

The cash rounding increment, in units of 10^-cashdigits.

default_currency($region_id)

This method returns the default currency id for the region id. If no region id is given then the current locale's is used

currency_symbol($currency_id)

This method returns the currency symbol for the given currency id in the current locale. If no currency id is given it uses the locale's default currency

Calendar Information

calendar_preferences()

This method returns a hash ref keyed on region id. The values are array refs containing the preferred calendar id's in order of preference.

default_calendar($region)

This method returns the default calendar id for the given region. If no region id given it used the region of the current locale.

Make text emulation

Locale::CLDR has a Locle::Maketext alike system called LocaleText

The Lexicon

The Lexicon stores the items that will be localized by the localetext method. You can manipulate it by the following methods

reset_lexicon()

This method empties the lexicon

add_to_lexicon($identifier => $localized_text, ...)

This method adds data to the locales lexicon.

$identifier is the string passed to localetext() to get the localised version of the text. Each identfier is unique

$localized_text is the value that is used to create the current locales version of the string. It uses Locale::Maketext bracket formatting syntax with some additional methods and some changes to how numerate() works. See below

Multiple entries can be added by one call to add_to_lexicon()

add_plural_to_lexicon( $identifier => { $pluralform => $localized_text, ... }, ... )

$identifier is the string passed to localetext() to get the localised version of the text. Each identfier is unique and must be different from the identifiers given to add_to_lexicon()

$pluralform is one of the CLDR's plural forms, these are zero, one, two, few, many and other

$localized_text is the value that is used to create the current locales version of the string. It uses Locale::Maketext bracket formatting syntax with some additional methods and some changes to how numerate() works. See below

Format of maketext strings

The make text emulation uses the same bracket and escape mecanism as Locale::Maketext. ie ~ is used to turn a [ from a metta character into a normal one and you need to doubble up the ~ if you want it to appear in your output. This allows you to embed into you output constructs that will change depending on the locale.

Examples of output strings

Due to the way macro expantion works in localetext any element of the [ ... ] construct except the first may be substutied by a _1 marker

You scored [numf,_1]

localetext() will replace [numf,_1] with the correctly formatted version of the number you passed in as the first paramater after the identifier.

You have [plural,_1,coins]

This will substutite the correct plural form of the coins text into the string

This is [gnum,_1,type,gender,declention]

This will substute the correctly gendered spellout rule for the number given in _1

localetext($identifer, @parameters)

This method looks up the identifier in the current locales lexicon and then formats the returned text as part in the current locale the identifier is the same as the identifier passed into the add_to_lexicon() metod. The parameters are the values required by the [ ... ] expantions in the localised text.

Collation

collation()

This method returns a Locale::CLDR::Collator object. This is still in development. Future releases will try and match the API from Unicode::Collate as much as possible and add tailoring for locales.

Locales

Other locales can be found on CPAN. You can install Language packs from the Locale::CLDR::Locales::* packages. You can install language packs for a given region by looking for a Bundle::Locale::CLDR::* package.

AUTHOR

John Imrie, <JGNI at cpan dot org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-locale-cldr at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Locale-CLDR. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Locale::CLDR

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Everyone at the Unicode Consortium for providing the data.

Karl Williams for his tireless work on Unicode in the Perl regex engine.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2009-2024 John Imrie and others.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.