Control functions
Data types and control functions supporting the multilingual capability
Data types
The CONTROL programming language uses the following data types for supporting the multilingual functionality:
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langString
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dyn_langString
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dyn_dyn_langString
For these data types, the following operators are supported:
=
==
!=
[]
The index operator starts at 0 for the langString type and at 1 for the dyn* data types. The index operator can only be used for read access. Therefore, the content of a langString cannot be changed by using the operator. Using the index operator for a variable of type langstring, returns a variable of the type string. Use the function setLangString() to change the contents of a variable of the type langString. When a langString variable is assigned to a string variable, then the entry in the current language of the langString is assigned to the string variable.
The index starts at 0 for the langString data type (contrary to dyn_* data types for which the index starts at 1).
Example
The following example sets texts for three different languages and outputs the texts. The setLangString function is being used.
main()
{
langString ls;
setLangString(ls,getLangIdx("de_AT.utf8"),"German text");
setLangString(ls,getLangIdx("en_US.utf8"),"English text");
setLangString(ls,getLangIdx("ru_RU.utf8"),"Russian text");
DebugN("Texts in different languages:", ls);
}
Control functions
The following table lists the available functions for multilingualism: