AIX Version 4.3 Differences Guide

Keyword
p_sign_posn
n_sign_posn
Description
Specifies an integer value indicating the positioning of the
positive_sign/negative_sign string for a nonnegative/negative
formatted monetary quantity.
1 Indicates that the positive_sign/negative string precedes the
quantity and the int_curr_symbol or currency_symbol string.
2 Indicates that the positive_sign/negative string follows the
quantity and the int_curr_symbol or currency_symbol string.
4 Indicates that the positive_sign string immediately follows the
int_curr_symbol or currency_symbol string.
For a detailed description of the LC_MONETARY category keywords refer to
LC_MONETARY Category for the Locale Definition Source File Format in AIX
Version 4 Files Reference. The locale definition source files are part of the
separately installable bos.loc.adt.locale fileset.
Generally, the LC_MONETARY information for each @euro variant of the locale
contains the same formatting information as the country’s historical currency
formatting with the following modifications, as necessary:
• The alphabetic international currency symbol as defined by the
int_curr_symbol keyword is set to "".
• The string to use for the locale currency symbol as defined by currency_symbol
keyword is set to (the Euro symbol).
• The number of decimal places for Euro symbol formatting, as defined by the
keywords int_frac_digits and frac_digits is set to two decimal places in all cases.
• Other formatting conventions, such as decimal point and thousands separator,
can be uniquely specified by each country. The relevant keywords where
minor deviations occur are mon_decimal_point, mon_thousands_sep, p_cs_precedes,
n_cs_precedes, p_sign_posn, n_sign_posn. Table 53 summarizes the differences
between the Euro LC_MONETARY locales
Table 53. Locale-Specific Deviations in the LC_MONETARY Category
Locale mon_decimal_point mon_thousands_sep p_cs_precedes
n_cs_precedes
p_sign_posn
n_sign_posn
CA_ES@euro 1 1 1
DE_DE@euro 0 1 1
ES_ES@euro 1 1 1
FI_FI@euro 0 1 1
FR_BE@euro 0 1 1
FR_FR@euro 0 1 1
IT_IT@euro 1 4 4
NL_BE@euro 0 1 1
NL_NL@euro 1 1 2
PT_PT@euro 0 1 1
Note: the character is similar in appearance to a period (.).
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