ISASCII(3) BSD Library Functions Manual ISASCII(3)NAME
isascii -- test for ASCII character
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <ctype.h>
int
isascii(int c);
DESCRIPTION
The isascii() function tests for an ASCII character, which is any character between 0 and octal 0177 inclusive.
SEE ALSO ctype(3), iswascii(3), ascii(7)BSD October 6, 2002 BSD
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NAME
isascii - test for a 7-bit US-ASCII character
SYNOPSIS
#include <ctype.h>
int isascii(int c);
DESCRIPTION
The isascii() function shall test whether c is a 7-bit US-ASCII character code.
The isascii() function is defined on all integer values.
RETURN VALUE
The isascii() function shall return non-zero if c is a 7-bit US-ASCII character code between 0 and octal 0177 inclusive; otherwise, it
shall return 0.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
The Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <ctype.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
ogy -- 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 .
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