Function chooseLocale

tests/test_code/js/moment/moment.js:2047–2077

(names)

    // try ['en-au', 'en-gb'] as 'en-au', 'en-gb', 'en', as in move through the list trying each
    // substring from most specific to least, but move to the next array item if it's a more specific variant than the current root
    function chooseLocale(names) {
        var i = 0,
            j,
            next,
            locale,
            split;

        while (i < names.length) {
            split = normalizeLocale(names[i]).split('-');
            j = split.length;
            next = normalizeLocale(names[i + 1]);
            next = next ? next.split('-') : null;
            while (j > 0) {
                locale = loadLocale(split.slice(0, j).join('-'));
                if (locale) {
                    return locale;
                }
                if (
                    next &&
                    next.length >= j &&
                    commonPrefix(split, next) >= j - 1
                ) {
                    //the next array item is better than a shallower substring of this one
                    break;
                }
                j--;
            }
            i++;
        }
        return globalLocale;
    }

    function loadLocale(name) {
        var oldLocale = null,