public member function

std::numpunct::decimal_point

<locale>
char_type decimal_point() const;
Return decimal point character
Returns the character used to represent the decimal radix separator.

For the standard specialization of char the function returns '.'.
For the standard specialization of wchar_t the function returns L'.'.

During its operation, the version of this function in the generic template simply calls the virtual protected member do_decimal_point, which is the member function in charge of performing the actions described above.

Parameters

none

Return value

The character used as decimal separator.
char_type is a member alias of the template parameter charT (i.e., the facet's character type).

Example

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// numpunct::decimal_point example
#include <iostream>
#include <locale>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
  int nUnits=11;
  int nQuarters=7;
  char point = use_facet<numpunct<char> >(cout.getloc()).decimal_point ();
  cout << nUnits << " units and " << nQuarters << " quarters total ";
  cout << (nUnits+nQuarters/4) << point << (25*(nQuarters%4)) << endl;
  return 0;
}


Output:

11 units and 7 quarters total 12.75

See also

numpunct::thousands_sep
Return thousands separator character (public member function)
moneypunct::decimal_point
Return decimal point character (public member function)

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