GET LOCALE

Syntax

GET LOCALE LANGUAGE lang COUNTRY cntry MODIFIER mod.

Effect

The parameters of the current text environment, consisting of language key, country key and identifier for a specific locale are assigned to the variables lang, cntry and mod. The data objects lang, cntry and mod must have character-like (before release 6.10 flat) data types.

Notes

Using the read parameters of the current text environment, it can be restored after a change with the SET LOCALE statement.
The statement GET LOCALE initializes the variable mod currently in all text environments.

Example

Determining the current text environment and restoring it after a possible change in a called procedure.

DATA: lang  TYPE tcp0c-langu,
      cntry TYPE tcp0c-country,
      mod   TYPE tcp0c-modifier.

GET LOCALE LANGUAGE lang COUNTRY cntry MODIFIER mod.
...
SET LOCALE LANGUAGE lang COUNTRY cntry.