# International Folio Calls

This chapter describes the international folio procedure calls. The following table provides a brief description of each call.

- `intlCloseLocale` Terminate use of a locale item
- `intlCompareStrings` Compare two character strings
- `intlConvertString` Change attributes of a character string
- `intlFormatDate` Format a date according to a specified format
- `IntlFormatNumber` Format a number in a localized manner.
- `intlGetCharAttrs` Return attributes of a specified character
- `intlLookupLocale` Return a pointer to the locale structure for an Item
- `intlOpenLocale` Gain access to a locale item
- `intlTransliterateString` Convert a character string from one character set to another