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-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/locale/nl_langinfo.3,v 1.5 2003/09/08 19:57:14 ru Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/locale/nl_langinfo.3,v 1.7 2009/11/16 14:33:31 brueffer Exp $
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.Dd May 3, 2001
.Dt NL_LANGINFO 3
or to the
category
.Dv LC_ALL ,
-may overwrite buffer pointed by the return value.
-.Sh EXAMPLES
-For example:
-.Pp
-.Dl nl_langinfo(ABDAY_1)
-.Pp
-would return a pointer to the string
-.Qq Li Dom
-if the identified language was
-Portuguese, and
-.Qq Li Sun
-if the identified language was English.
+may overwrite the buffer pointed to by the return value.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
In a locale where langinfo data is not defined,
.Fn nl_langinfo
returns a pointer to an empty string if
.Fa item
contains an invalid setting.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+For example:
+.Pp
+.Dl nl_langinfo(ABDAY_1)
+.Pp
+would return a pointer to the string
+.Qq Li Dom
+if the identified language was
+Portuguese, and
+.Qq Li Sun
+if the identified language was English.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr setlocale 3
.Sh STANDARDS