mlanguage_code(3m17n)

mlanguage_code3m17n

Usage

MSymbol mlanguage_code (MSymbol language, int len)

Overview

Get a language code. The mlanguage_code() function returns a symbol whose name is the ISO639 language code of language. language is a symbol whose name is an ISO639-2 3-letter language code, an ISO639-1 2-letter language codes, or an English word.

len specifies the type of the returned language code. If it is 3, an ISO639-2 3-letter language code is returned. If it is 2, an ISO639-1 2-letter language code is returned when defined; otherwise Mnil is returned. If it is 0, a 2-letter code is returned when defined; otherwise a 3-letter code is returned.

Return value

If the information is available, this function returns a non-Mnil symbol. Otherwise, it returns Mnil.

From m17n-docs 1.8.4-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.