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Set the system locale to English (United States)

Source: R/set_en_us_locale.R
set_en_us_locale.Rd

set_en_us_locale() sets the system locale to English (United States) trying to overcome OS-dependent differences in locale handling.

Usage

set_en_us_locale()

Value

An invisible NULL. This function is called for its side effects.

See also

Other system functions.: get_locale()

Examples

get_locale()
#> → The current system locale is:
#> 
#> LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=C.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=C;LC_MONETARY=C.UTF-8;LC_MESSAGES=C.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=C.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=C.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
#> 
#> → The current values for the locale environment variables are:
#> 
#> LC_COLLATE=C;LC_CTYPE=;LC_MONETARY=;LC_NUMERIC=;LC_TIME=;LC_MESSAGES=;LC_PAPER=;LC_MEASUREMENT=;LC_NAME=;LC_ADDRESS=;LC_TELEPHONE=;LC_IDENTIFICATION=

set_en_us_locale()

get_locale()
#> → The current system locale is:
#> 
#> LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_US.utf8;LC_COLLATE=en_US.utf8;LC_MONETARY=en_US.utf8;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8;LC_PAPER=en_US.utf8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.utf8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
#> 
#> → The current values for the locale environment variables are:
#> 
#> LC_COLLATE=en_US.utf8;LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8;LC_MONETARY=en_US.utf8;LC_NUMERIC=en_US.utf8;LC_TIME=en_US.utf8;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8;LC_PAPER=en_US.utf8;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.utf8;LC_NAME=en_US.utf8;LC_ADDRESS=en_US.utf8;LC_TELEPHONE=en_US.utf8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_US.utf8