Intl.Locale.prototype.minimize()

The minimize() method of {{jsxref("Intl.Locale")}} instances attempts to remove information about this locale that would be added by calling {{jsxref("Intl/Locale/maximize", "maximize()")}}.

{{InteractiveExample("JavaScript Demo: Intl.Locale.prototype.minimize()")}}

```js interactive-example const english = new Intl.Locale("en-Latn-US"); const korean = new Intl.Locale("ko-Kore-KR"); const arabic = new Intl.Locale("ar-Arab-EG");

console.log(english.minimize().baseName); // Expected output: "en"

console.log(korean.minimize().baseName); // Expected output: "ko"

console.log(arabic.minimize().baseName); // Expected output: "ar"

## Syntax

```js-nolint
minimize()

Parameters#

None.

Return value#

An {{jsxref("Intl.Locale")}} instance whose baseName property returns the result of the Remove Likely Subtags algorithm executed against {{jsxref("Intl/Locale/baseName", "locale.baseName")}}.

Description#

This method carries out the reverse of {{jsxref("Intl/Locale/maximize", "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 {{jsxref("Intl/Locale/hourCycle", "hourCycle")}}, {{jsxref("Intl/Locale/calendar", "calendar")}}, and {{jsxref("Intl/Locale/numeric", "numeric")}}.

Examples#

Using minimize#

const myLocale = new Intl.Locale("fr-Latn-FR", {
  hourCycle: "h12",
  calendar: "gregory",
});
console.log(myLocale.baseName); // Prints "fr-Latn-FR"
console.log(myLocale.toString()); // Prints "fr-Latn-FR-u-ca-gregory-hc-h12"

const 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-h12".
// Note that the extension tags (after "-u") remain unchanged.
console.log(myLocMinimized.toString());

Specifications#

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility#

{{Compat}}

See also#

• {{jsxref("Intl.Locale")}}
• {{jsxref("Intl/Locale/baseName", "baseName")}}