SET-LANG

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The SET-LANG command causes a completely new language definition to be used and overrides any values set by SET-DEC, etc.

SYNTAX

SET-LANG LanguageId

EXAMPLE

PROG1 001 EXECUTE "PROG2" 002 EXECUTE "SET-LANG fr" 003 EXECUTE "PROG2" PROG2 001 PRINT 002 PRINT "Language in use is ":SYSTEM(35) 003 004 I = "01/05/1994" 005 D1 = ICONV(I,"D") 006 PRINT OCONV(D1,"D") , OCONV(D1,"DMA") , OCONV(D1,"DWA") 007 008 I = "01/06/1994" 009 D1 = ICONV(I,"D") 010 PRINT OCONV(D1,"D") , OCONV(D1,"DMA") , OCONV(D1,"DWA")

OUTPUT

Language in use is en 01 MAY 1994 MAY SATURDAY 01 JUN 1994 JUNE TUESDAY Language in use is fr 01 MAI 1994 MAI SAMEDI 01 JUI 1994 JUIN MARDI

AREAS AFFECTED

The following areas are affected by internationalization support:
All string to numeric and numeric to string operations using the decimal point.
Output conversions that specify a currency symbol. e.g. an "MR#" conversion.
Output conversions that specify a thousands separator. e.g. the "ML," conversion.
Date conversions. Can be dd/mm/yyyy or mm/dd/yyyy depending on the language in use. The default is mm/dd/yy. This applies to both output conversions and input conversions.
Text used in output conversions for dates, such as day of week and month of year, will use the language specified.
SYSTEM(35) to SYSTEM(39) and "ASSIGN x TO SYSTEM(36-39)" statements all support internationalization. Note that you cannot change the language with a statements such as "ASSIGN x to SYSTEM(35)", nor can you use language numbers.

AREAS NOT AFFECTED.

The compiler is not denationalized. Therefore, in English you would state:

A = 123.456 ; PRINT A Result = 123.456 A = 123 + 0.456 ; PRINT A Result = 123.456

In French, the decimal point is "," but your program must still state:

A = 123.456 ; PRINT A Result = 123,456
B = 123 + 0.456 ; PRINT A Result = 123,456

Conversions still need to use a dollar ($), pound sign (#), or ",".

PRINT Overdraft "MR$,"

In English this would produce the result

$2,123.20

In French, the conversion code must be stated in the same way but the output will be:

FF2.123,20

Internationalization