@formatjs/intl-locale

What is @formatjs/intl-locale?

@formatjs/intl-locale is a JavaScript library that provides utilities for working with locale identifiers. It is part of the FormatJS suite, which is designed to help with internationalization in JavaScript applications. This package allows you to parse, manipulate, and format locale identifiers according to the Unicode CLDR (Common Locale Data Repository) specification.

What are @formatjs/intl-locale's main functionalities?

Parsing Locale Identifiers

This feature allows you to parse a locale identifier string into an object that contains its components, such as language, script, and region.

const { parse } = require('@formatjs/intl-locale');
const locale = parse('en-US');
console.log(locale);

Formatting Locale Identifiers

This feature allows you to format a locale object back into a string. This is useful for ensuring that locale identifiers are consistently formatted.

const { parse, format } = require('@formatjs/intl-locale');
const locale = parse('en-US');
const formattedLocale = format(locale);
console.log(formattedLocale);

Locale Comparison

This feature allows you to compare two locale objects to see if they are equivalent. This can be useful for determining if two different locale identifiers refer to the same locale.

const { parse, isEqual } = require('@formatjs/intl-locale');
const locale1 = parse('en-US');
const locale2 = parse('en-GB');
console.log(isEqual(locale1, locale2));

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Globalize is a library for internationalization and localization in JavaScript. It provides comprehensive support for formatting and parsing dates, numbers, and currencies, as well as message translation. Compared to @formatjs/intl-locale, Globalize offers a broader range of internationalization features but may be more complex to use for simple locale manipulation tasks.

i18next

i18next is a popular internationalization framework for JavaScript. It provides features for translation, interpolation, and pluralization, among others. While i18next focuses more on translation and content localization, @formatjs/intl-locale is more specialized in handling locale identifiers.

intl

The intl package is a polyfill for the ECMAScript Internationalization API, which provides language-sensitive string comparison, number formatting, and date and time formatting. While intl offers a wide range of internationalization features, @formatjs/intl-locale is specifically designed for parsing and formatting locale identifiers.

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