Function summary
This topic groups all the functions of the HCL Informix® GLS library by task.
Memory allocation
- The IFX_GL_MB_MAX macro
- The ifx_gl_mb_loc_max() function
For more information, see Allocate memory.
Initialization and error handling
- The ifx_gl_init() function initializes the Informix GLS library.
For more information, see Initialize the Informix GLS library.
- The ifx_gl_lc_errno() function obtains the
value of the Informix GLS error
number.
For more information, see Informix GLS exceptions.
Stream input and output
The Informix GLS library provides the ifx_gl_getmb() and ifx_gl_putmb() functions to input and output multibyte characters in a user-defined location.
For more information, see Input and output streams.
Character processing
Most of the Informix GLS functions provide support for character processing of both multibyte and wide characters. This section lists the character-processing tasks and the Informix GLS functions that support them. For general information about character processing, see Character processing.
Code-set conversion
- ifx_gl_conv_needed()
- ifx_gl_cv_mconv()
- ifx_gl_cv_outbuflen()
- ifx_gl_cv_sb2sb_table()
Character classification
| Multibyte-character classification | Wide-character classification |
|---|---|
| ifx_gl_ismalnum() | ifx_gl_iswalnum() |
| ifx_gl_ismalpha() | ifx_gl_iswalpha() |
| ifx_gl_ismblank() | ifx_gl_iswblank() |
| ifx_gl_ismcntrl() | ifx_gl_iswcntrl() |
| ifx_gl_ismdigit() | ifx_gl_iswdigit() |
| ifx_gl_ismgraph() | ifx_gl_iswgraph() |
| ifx_gl_ismlower() | ifx_gl_iswlower() |
| ifx_gl_ismprint() | ifx_gl_iswprint() |
| ifx_gl_ismpunct() | ifx_gl_iswpunct() |
| ifx_gl_ismspace() | ifx_gl_iswspace() |
| ifx_gl_ismupper() | ifx_gl_iswupper() |
| ifx_gl_ismxdigit() | ifx_gl_iswxdigit() |
Case conversion
| Multibyte-character case conversion | Wide-character case conversion |
|---|---|
| ifx_gl_tomlower() | ifx_gl_towlower() |
| ifx_gl_tomupper() | ifx_gl_toupper() |
| ifx_gl_mbsspn() | ifx_gl_wcsspn() |
String traversal
- ifx_gl_mblen()
- ifx_gl_mbsnext()
- ifx_gl_mbsprev()
String processing
| Multibyte-character classification | Wide-character classification |
|---|---|
| ifx_gl_mbscat() | ifx_gl_wcscat() |
| ifx_gl_mbschr() | ifx_gl_wcschr() |
| ifx_gl_mbscpy() | ifx_gl_wcscpy() |
| ifx_gl_mbscspn() | ifx_gl_wcscspn() |
| ifx_gl_mbslen() | ifx_gl_wcslen() |
| ifx_gl_mbsmbs() | ifx_gl_wcswcs() |
| ifx_gl_mbsncat() | ifx_gl_wcsncat() |
| ifx_gl_mbsncpy() | ifx_gl_wcsncpy() |
| ifx_gl_mbsntslen() | ifx_gl_wcsntslen() |
| ifx_gl_mbsntsbytes() | None |
| ifx_gl_mbspbrk() | ifx_gl_wcspbrk() |
| ifx_gl_mbsrchr() | ifx_gl_wcsrchr() |
| ifx_gl_mbsspn() | ifx_gl_wcsspn() |
Character/string comparison and sorting
The Informix GLS library provides the ifx_gl_mbscoll() and ifx_gl_wcscoll() functions to obtain locale-specific order for characters and strings.
For general information, see Character/string comparison and sorting.
Data formatting
The Informix GLS library provides functions to support the conversion and formatting of locale-specific strings. This section lists the data types that involve locale-specific strings and the Informix GLS functions that support them. For general information about data formatting, see Data formatting.
Date and time conversion and formatting functions
- ifx_gl_convert_date()
- ifx_gl_convert_datetime()
- ifx_gl_format_date()
- ifx_gl_format_datetime()
Numeric conversion and formatting
The Informix GLS library provides the ifx_gl_convert_number() and ifx_gl_format number() functions for conversion and formatting of number strings.
Money conversion and formatting
The Informix GLS library provides the ifx_gl_convert_money() and ifx_gl_format_money() functions for conversion and formatting of money strings.