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title: Locales and Currency
summary: Locale and currency functions.
description: Locale and currency functions.
icon: phosphor-duotone:globe
order: 17
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Locale and currency functions. 13 entries. This page is generated from the MatchBox source; see the [function reference index](index.md) for how to read the tables and what each gate means.

| Function | Forms | Gate | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `clearLocale` | `clearLocale( ... )` | always |  |
| `currencyFormat` | `currencyFormat( ... )`, `number.currencyFormat( ... )` | always | Formats a number as currency; the result is $1,234.50 for 1234.5 in the default locale. |
| `getLocale` | `getLocale( ... )` | always | Returns the current locale name. |
| `getLocaleDisplayName` | `getLocaleDisplayName( ... )` | always |  |
| `getLocaleInfo` | `getLocaleInfo( ... )` | always |  |
| `isCurrency` | `isCurrency( ... )` | always |  |
| `lsCurrencyFormat` | `lsCurrencyFormat( ... )` | always |  |
| `lsIsCurrency` | `lsIsCurrency( ... )` | always |  |
| `lsIsNumeric` | `lsIsNumeric( ... )` | always |  |
| `lsNumberFormat` | `lsNumberFormat( ... )` | always |  |
| `lsParseCurrency` | `lsParseCurrency( ... )` | always |  |
| `parseCurrency` | `parseCurrency( ... )` | always |  |
| `setLocale` | `setLocale( ... )` | always |  |