The Intl.Locale.prototype.baseName
property returns a substring of the Locale
's string representation, containing core information about the Locale
.
Description
An Intl.Locale object represents a parsed local and options for that locale. The baseName property returns basic, core information about the Locale in the form of a substring of the complete data string. Specifically, the property returns the substring containing the language, and the script and region if available.
baseName returns the language ["-" script] ["-" region] *("-" variant)
subsequence of the unicode_language_id grammar.
Examples
Basic Example
let myLoc = new Intl.Locale("fr-Latn-CA"); // Sets locale to Candanian French console.log(myLoc.toString()); // Prints out "fr-Latn-CA-u-ca-gregory" console.log(myLoc.baseName); // Prints out "fr-Latn-CA"
Example with options in the input string
// Sets language to Japanese, region to Japan, // calendar to Gregorian, hour cycle to 24 hours let japan = new Intl.Locale("ja-JP-u-ca-gregory-hc-24"); console.log(japan.toString()); // Prints out "ja-JP-u-ca-gregory-hc-h24" console.log(japan.baseName); // Prints out "ja-JP"
Example with options that override input string
// Input string indicates language as Dutch and region as Belgium, // but options object overrides the region and sets it to the Netherlands let dutch = new Intl.Locale("nl-Latn-BE", {region: "NL"}); console.log(dutch.baseName); // Prints out "nl-Latn-NL"
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
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Intl.Locale.prototype.baseName proposal | Stage 3 |
Browser compatibility
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baseName |
Chrome Full support 74 | Edge No support No | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari No support No | WebView Android Full support 74 | Chrome Android Full support 74 | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android No support No | nodejs No support No |
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