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The Intl.getCanonicalLocales() static method returns an array containing the canonical locale names. Duplicates will be omitted and elements will be validated as structurally valid language tags.

Syntax

Intl.getCanonicalLocales(locales)

Parameters

Return value

An array containing the canonical locale names.

Examples

Using getCanonicalLocales

Intl.getCanonicalLocales("EN-US"); // ["en-US"]
Intl.getCanonicalLocales(["EN-US", "Fr"]); // ["en-US", "fr"]

Intl.getCanonicalLocales("EN_US");
// RangeError:'EN_US' is not a structurally valid language tag

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also