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<h1 align=center>NGETTEXT</h1>
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<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
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<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
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<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
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<a href="#RETURN VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a><br>
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<a href="#ERRORS">ERRORS</a><br>
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<a href="#BUGS">BUGS</a><br>
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<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>
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<h2>NAME</h2>
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ngettext, dngettext, dcngettext - translate message and choose plural form</td></table>
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<a name="SYNOPSIS"></a>
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<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
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<pre><b>#include <libintl.h>
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char * ngettext (const char *</b> <i>msgid</i><b>, const char *</b> <i>msgid_plural</i><b>,
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unsigned long int</b> <i>n</i><b>);
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char * dngettext (const char *</b> <i>domainname</i><b>,
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const char *</b> <i>msgid</i><b>, const char *</b> <i>msgid_plural</i><b>,
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unsigned long int</b> <i>n</i><b>);
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char * dcngettext (const char *</b> <i>domainname</i><b>,
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const char *</b> <i>msgid</i><b>, const char *</b> <i>msgid_plural</i><b>,
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unsigned long int</b> <i>n</i><b>, int</b> <i>category</i><b>);
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</b></pre></td></table>
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<a name="DESCRIPTION"></a>
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<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
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The <b>ngettext</b>, <b>dngettext</b> and <b>dcngettext</b>
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functions attempt to translate a text string into the user's
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native language, by looking up the appropriate plural form
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of the translation in a message catalog.</td></table>
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Plural forms are grammatical variants depending on the a
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number. Some languages have two forms, called singular and
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plural. Other languages have three forms, called singular,
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dual and plural. There are also languages with four
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forms.</td></table>
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The <b>ngettext</b>, <b>dngettext</b> and <b>dcngettext</b>
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functions work like the <b>gettext</b>, <b>dgettext</b> and
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<b>dcgettext</b> functions, respectively. Additionally, they
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choose the appropriate plural form, which depends on the
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number <i>n</i> and the language of the message catalog
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where the translation was found.</td></table>
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In the "C" locale, or if none of the used catalogs
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contain a translation for <i>msgid</i>, the <b>ngettext</b>,
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<b>dngettext</b> and <b>dcngettext</b> functions return
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<i>msgid</i> if <i>n</i> == 1, or <i>msgid_plural</i> if
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<i>n</i> != 1.</td></table>
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<a name="RETURN VALUE"></a>
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<h2>RETURN VALUE</h2>
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If a translation was found in one of the specified catalogs,
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the appropriate plural form is converted to the locale's
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codeset and returned. The resulting string is statically
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allocated and must not be modified or freed. Otherwise
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<i>msgid</i> or <i>msgid_plural</i> is returned, as
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described above.</td></table>
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<a name="ERRORS"></a>
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<h2>ERRORS</h2>
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<b>errno</b> is not modified.</td></table>
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<a name="BUGS"></a>
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<h2>BUGS</h2>
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The return type ought to be <b>const char *</b>, but is
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<b>char *</b> to avoid warnings in C code predating ANSI
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C.</td></table>
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<a name="SEE ALSO"></a>
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<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
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<b>gettext</b>(3), <b>dgettext</b>(3),
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<b>dcgettext</b>(3)</td></table>
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