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25.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.3,v 1.3 2001/10/01 13:50:03 ru Exp $
26.\"
27.Dd September 7, 2001
28.Dt STRFMON 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm strfmon
32.Nd convert monetary value to string
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libc
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In monetary.h
37.Ft ssize_t
38.Fn strfmon "char *s" "size_t maxsize" "const char *format" "..."
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Fn strfmon
42function places characters into the array pointed to by
43.Fa s
44as controlled by the string pointed to by
45.Fa format .
46No more than
47.Fa maxsize
48bytes are placed into the array.
49.Sh RETURN VALUES
50If the total number of resulting bytes including the terminating
51.Dv NULL
52byte is not more than
53.Fa maxsize ,
54.Fn strfmon
55returns the number of bytes placed into the array pointed to by
56.Fa s ,
57not including the terminating
58.Dv NULL
59byte.
60Otherwise, \-1 is returned,
61the contents of the array are indeterminate,
62and
63.Va errno
64is set to indicate the error.
65.Sh ERRORS
66The
67.Fn strfmon
68function will fail if:
69.Bl -tag -width Er
70.It Bq Er E2BIG
71Conversion stopped due to lack of space in the buffer.
72.El
73.Sh SEE ALSO
74.Xr localeconv 3
75.Sh STANDARDS
76The
77.Fn strfmon
78function
79conforms to
80.St -xpg4
81and
82.St -susv2 .
83.Sh AUTHORS
84.An -nosplit
85The
86.Fn strfmon
87function was implemented by
88.An Alexey Zelkin Aq phantom@FreeBSD.org .
89.Pp
90This manual page was written by
91.An Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven Aq asmodai@FreeBSD.org
92based on the standards' text.