R.utils (version 2.0.1)

withLocale: Evaluate an R expression with locale set temporarily

Description

Evaluate an R expression with locale set temporarily.

Usage

withLocale(expr, category, locale, ..., envir=parent.frame())

Arguments

expr
The R expression to be evaluated.
category
A character string specifying the category to use.
locale
character vector specifying the locale to used. The first successfully set one will be used.
...
Not used.
envir
The environment in which the expression should be evaluated.

Value

  • Returns the results of the expression evaluated.

See Also

Internally, eval() is used to evaluate the expression. and Sys.setlocale() to set locale.

Examples

Run this code
# Vector
cat("Original vector:
")
x <- c(letters[1:8], LETTERS[1:8])
print(x)

cat("Sorting with 'C' locale:
")
y1 <- withLocale(sort(x), "LC_COLLATE", "C")
print(y1)

cat("Sorting with an 'English' locale:
")
y2 <- withLocale(sort(x), "LC_COLLATE", c("en_US", "en_US.UTF8", "English_United States.1252"))
print(y2)

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