ISWCTYPE(3)

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

  Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
The iswctype() function is thread-safe.

CONFORMING TO
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)

COLOPHON
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