Intl.Locale.prototype.minimize()
The
Intl.Locale.prototype.minimize()
method attempts to
remove information about the locale that would be added by calling
Locale.maximize()
.
Syntax
minimize()
Return value
A Locale
instance whose baseName
property returns
the result of the Remove Likely Subtags algorithm
executed against locale.baseName
.
Description
This method carries out the reverse of maximize()
,
removing any language, script, or region subtags from the locale language identifier
(essentially the contents of baseName
). This is useful when there are
superfluous subtags in the language identifier; for instance, "en-Latn" can be
simplified to "en", since "Latn" is the only script used to write English.
minimize()
only affects the main subtags that comprise
the language identifier:
language, script, and region subtags. Other subtags after the "-u"
in the locale identifier are called extension subtags and are not affected by the
minimize()
method. Examples of these subtags include
Locale.hourCycle
, Locale.calendar
, and Locale.numeric
.
Examples
Using minimize
let myLocale = new Intl.Locale("fr-Latn-FR", {hourCycle: "h24", calendar: "gregory"});
console.log(myLocale.baseName); // Prints "fr-Latn-FR"
console.log(myLocale.toString()); // Prints "fr-Latn-FR-u-ca-gregory-hc-h24"
let myLocMinimized = myLocale.minimize();
// Prints "fr", since French is only written in the Latin script
// and is most likely to be spoken in France.
console.log(myLocMinimized.baseName);
// Prints "fr-u-ca-gregory-hc-h24".
// Note that the extension tags (after "-u") remain unchanged.
console.log(myLocMinimized.toString());
Specifications
Specification |
---|
ECMAScript Internationalization API Specification # sec-Intl.Locale.prototype.minimize |
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