ISWCTYPE

Section: POSIX Programmer's Manual (P)
Updated: 2003
 

NAME

iswctype - test character for a specified class  

SYNOPSIS

#include <wctype.h>

int iswctype(wint_t wc, wctype_t charclass);
 

DESCRIPTION

The iswctype() function shall determine whether the wide-character code wc has the character class charclass, returning true or false. The iswctype() function is defined on WEOF and wide-character codes corresponding to the valid character encodings in the current locale. If the wc argument is not in the domain of the function, the result is undefined. If the value of charclass is invalid (that is, not obtained by a call to wctype() or charclass is invalidated by a subsequent call to setlocale() that has affected category LC_CTYPE ) the result is unspecified.  

RETURN VALUE

The iswctype() function shall return non-zero (true) if and only if wc has the property described by charclass.  If charclass is 0, iswctype() shall return 0.  

ERRORS

No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.  

EXAMPLES

 

Testing for a Valid Character


#include <wctype.h>
...
int yes_or_no;
wint_t wc;
wctype_t valid_class;
...
if ((valid_class=wctype("vowel")) == (wctype_t)0)
    /* Invalid character class. */
yes_or_no=iswctype(wc,valid_class);

 

APPLICATION USAGE

The twelve strings "alnum" , "alpha" , "blank" , "cntrl" , "digit" , "graph" , "lower" , "print" , "punct" , "space" , "upper" , and "xdigit" are reserved for the standard character classes. In the table below, the functions in the left column are equivalent to the functions in the right column.


iswalnum(wc)    iswctype(wc, wctype("alnum"))
iswalpha(wc)    iswctype(wc, wctype("alpha"))
iswblank(wc)    iswctype(wc, wctype("blank"))
iswcntrl(wc)    iswctype(wc, wctype("cntrl"))
iswdigit(wc)    iswctype(wc, wctype("digit"))
iswgraph(wc)    iswctype(wc, wctype("graph"))
iswlower(wc)    iswctype(wc, wctype("lower"))
iswprint(wc)    iswctype(wc, wctype("print"))
iswpunct(wc)    iswctype(wc, wctype("punct"))
iswspace(wc)    iswctype(wc, wctype("space"))
iswupper(wc)    iswctype(wc, wctype("upper"))
iswxdigit(wc)   iswctype(wc, wctype("xdigit"))

 

RATIONALE

None.  

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.  

SEE ALSO

iswalnum() , iswalpha() , iswcntrl() , iswdigit() , iswgraph() , iswlower() , iswprint() , iswpunct() , iswspace() , iswupper() , iswxdigit() , setlocale() , wctype() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <wchar.h>, <wctype.h>  

COPYRIGHT

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
EXAMPLES
Testing for a Valid Character
APPLICATION USAGE
RATIONALE
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
SEE ALSO
COPYRIGHT

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