Locale Function
A template function used to obtain a facet.
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#include <locale> template <class Facet> const Facet& use_facet(const locale&);
use_facet returns a reference to the corresponding facet contained in the locale argument. You specify the facet type by explicitly including the template parameter (see the example below). If that facet is not present, then use_facet throws runtime_error. Otherwise, the reference remains valid for as long as any copy of the locale exists.
Note that if your compiler cannot overload function templates on return type, then you need to use an alternate use_facet template. The alternate template takes an additional argument that is a pointer to the type of facet you want to extract from the locale. The declaration looks like this:
template <class Facet> const Facet& use_facet(const locale&, Facet*);
The example below shows the use of both variations of use_facet.
//
// usefacet.cpp
//
#include <iostream>
int main ()
{
using namespace std;
locale loc;
// Get a ctype facet
const ctype<char>& ct =
#ifndef _RWSTD_NO_TEMPLATE_ON_RETURN_TYPE
use_facet<ctype<char> >(loc);
#else
use_facet(loc,(ctype<char>*)0);
#endif
cout << 'a' << ct.toupper('c') << endl;
return 0;
}