Example

/* This example shows the power of arbitrary argument    */
/* selection in the context of internationalization.  A  */
/* date is formatted in 2 different ways for 2 different */
/* countries according to the format string yet the      */
/* argument list submitted to OCIFormatString remains    */
/* invariant.                                            */

text      buffer[255];
ub1       day, month, year;
OCIError *err;
dvoid    *hndl;

/* Set the date. */

day   = 10;
month = 3;
year  = 97;

/* Work out the date in United States' style: mm/dd/yy *:/
OCIFormatString(hndl, err,
                buffer, (sbig_ora)sizeof(buffer),
                (CONST text *)"%(2)02u/%(1)02u/%(3)02u",
                OCIFormatUb1(day),
                OCIFormatUb1(month),
                OCIFormatUb1(year),
                OCIFormatEnd);    /* Buffer is "03/10/97". */

/* Work out the date in New Zealand style: dd/mm/yy *:/
OCIFormatString(hndl, err,
                buffer, (sbig_ora)sizeof(buffer),
                (CONST text *)"%(1)02u/%(2)02u/%(3)02u",
                OCIFormatUb1(day),
                OCIFormatUb1(month),
                OCIFormatUb1(year),
                OCIFormatEnd);    /* Buffer is "10/03/97". */