ISWCTYPE
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2015-08-08
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NAME
iswctype - wide-character classification
SYNOPSIS
#include <wctype.h>
int iswctype(wint_t wc, wctype_t desc);
DESCRIPTION
If
wc
is a wide character having the character property designated by
desc
(or in other words: belongs to the character class designated by
desc),
the
iswctype()
function returns nonzero.
Otherwise, it
returns zero.
If
wc
is
WEOF,
zero is returned.
desc
must be a character property descriptor
returned by the
wctype(3)
function.
RETURN VALUE
The
iswctype()
function returns nonzero if
the
wc
has the designated
property.
Otherwise, it returns 0.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value
|
|
iswctype()
| Thread safety | MT-Safe
|
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.
NOTES
The behavior of
iswctype()
depends on the
LC_CTYPE
category of the
current locale.
SEE ALSO
iswalnum(3),
iswalpha(3),
iswblank(3),
iswcntrl(3),
iswdigit(3),
iswgraph(3),
iswlower(3),
iswprint(3),
iswpunct(3),
iswspace(3),
iswupper(3),
iswxdigit(3),
wctype(3)
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