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.Dd September 7, 2001
.Dt STRFMON 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm strfmon
.Nd convert monetary value to string
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In monetary.h
.Ft ssize_t
.Fn strfmon "char *s" "size_t maxsize" "const char *format" "..."
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn strfmon
function places characters into the array pointed to by
.Fa s
as controlled by the string pointed to by
.Fa format .
No more than
.Fa maxsize
bytes are placed into the array.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If the total number of resulting bytes including the terminating
.Dv NULL
byte is not more than
.Fa maxsize ,
.Fn strfmon
returns the number of bytes placed into the array pointed to by
.Fa s ,
not including the terminating
.Dv NULL
byte.
Otherwise, \-1 is returned,
the contents of the array are indeterminate,
and
.Va errno
is set to indicate the error.
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Fn strfmon
function will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er E2BIG
Conversion stopped due to lack of space in the buffer.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr localeconv 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn strfmon
function
conforms to
.St -xpg4
and
.St -susv2 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Fn strfmon
function was implemented by
.An Alexey Zelkin Aq phantom@FreeBSD.org .
.Pp
This manual page was written by
.An Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven Aq asmodai@FreeBSD.org
based on the standards' text.