locale(3) Perl Programmers Reference Guide locale(3) NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS @x = sort @y; # ASCII sorting order { use locale; @x = sort @y; # Locale-defined sorting order } @x = sort @y; # ASCII sorting order again DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN This pragma tells the compiler to enable (or disable) the use of POSIX locales for built-in operations (LC_CTYPE for regular expressions, and LC_COLLATE for string comparison). Each "use locale" or "no locale" affects statements to the end of the enclosing BLOCK. 12/Jul/1999 perl 5.005, patch 03 1