Programs that use these routines must access the NLS library with USE IFNLS. These routines are restricted to Windows* systems.
Routine names are shown in mixed case to make the names easier to understand. When writing your applications, you can use any case.
| Name | Routine Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MBCharLen | Function | Returns the length of the first multibyte character in a string. |
| MBConvertMBToUnicode | Function | Converts a character string from a multibyte codepage to a Unicode string. |
| MBConvertUnicodeToMB | Function | Converts a Unicode string to a multibyte character string of the current codepage. |
| MBCurMax | Function | Returns the longest possible mutlibyte character for the current codepage. |
| MBINCHARQQ | Function | Same as INCHARQQ, but can read a single multibyte character at once. |
| MBINDEX | Function | Same as INDEX, except that multibyte characters can be included in its arguments. |
| MBJISToJMS | Function | Converts a Japan Industry Standard (JIS) character to a Kanji (Shift JIS or JMS) character. |
| MBJMSToJIS | Function | Converts a Kanji (Shift JIS or JMS) character to a Japan Industry Standard (JIS) character. |
| MBLead | Function | Determines whether a given character is the first byte of a multibyte character. |
| MBLen | Function | Returns the number of multibyte characters in a string, including trailing spaces. |
| MBLen_Trim | Function | Returns the number of multibyte characters in a string, not including trailing spaces. |
| MBLGE, MBLGT, MBLLE, MBLLT,MBLEQ, MBLNE | Function | Same as LGE, LGT, LLE, and LLT, and the logical operators .EQ. and .NE., except that multibyte characters can be included in their arguments. |
| MBNext | Function | Returns the string position of the first byte of the multibyte character immediately after the given string position. |
| MBPrev | Function | Returns the string position of the first byte of the multibyte character immediately before the given string position. |
| MBSCAN | Function | Same as SCAN, except that multibyte characters can be included. in its arguments |
| MBStrLead | Function | Performs a context sensitive test to determine whether a given byte in a character string is a lead byte. |
| MBVERIFY | Function | Same as VERIFY, except that multibyte characters can be included in its arguments. |
| NLSEnumCodepages | Function | Returns an array of valid codepages for the current console. |
| NLSEnumLocales | Function | Returns an array of locales (langauge/country combinations) installed on the system. |
| NLSFormatCurrency | Function | Formats a currency number according to conventions of the current locale (language/country). |
| NLSFormatDate | Function | Formats a date according to conventions of the current locale (language/country). |
| NLSFormatNumber | Function | Formats a number according to conventions of the current locale (language/country). |
| NLSFormatTime | Function | Formats a time according to conventions of the current locale (language/country). |
| NLSGetEnvironmentCodepage | Function | Returns the current codepage for the system Window or console. |
| NLSGetLocale | Subroutine | Returns the current language, country, and/or codepage. |
| NLSGetLocaleInfo | Function | Returns information about the current locale. |
| NLSSetEnvironmentCodepage | Function | Sets the codepage for the console. |
| NLSSetLocale | Function | Sets the current language, country, and codepage. |
See Also
For details on using these routines, see Building Applications: Using National Language Support Routines Overview