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Changing locale for a bracketed pattern
Syntax
(<locale designator>){<pattern>}
This sets the current locale for the <pattern> to be the one named by the <locale designator>. A locale designator is an IANA language tag (plus letting _ be interchangeable with -).
For example, sv is a locale designator for Swedish, and sv_SE is a locale designator for Swedish as used in Sweden. The latter also implies a default currency of SEK.
Similarly, jp is a locale designator for Japanese, jp_JA is a locale designator for Japanese in Japan. The latter also implies a default currency of JPY, as well as enables the use of Japanese eras.
OpenText StreamServe 5.6 Updated: 2013-03-01