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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

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)

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