The Intl.Locale.prototype.minimize()
method attempts to remove information about the locale that would be added by calling Locale.maximize()
.
Syntax
locale.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 indentifier 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 (ECMA-402) |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | Server | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
minimize | Chrome Full support 74 | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox Full support 75 | IE No support No | Opera Full support 62 | Safari
Full support
14
| WebView Android Full support 74 | Chrome Android Full support 74 | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android Full support 53 | Safari iOS
Full support
14
| Samsung Internet Android Full support 11.0 | nodejs
Full support
12.0.0
|
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.