netbsd man page for isblank

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ISBLANK(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						ISBLANK(3)

NAME
isblank -- blank-space character test
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <ctype.h> int isblank(int c);
DESCRIPTION
The isblank() function tests for the standard blank-space characters. The standard blank-space characters are the following: ' ' Space character. Horizontal tab. In the ``C'' locale, isblank() returns true only for the standard blank-space characters.
RETURN VALUES
The isblank() function returns zero if the character tests false and returns non-zero if the character tests true.
SEE ALSO
ctype(3), isalnum(3), isalpha(3), isascii(3), iscntrl(3), isdigit(3), isgraph(3), islower(3), isprint(3), ispunct(3), isspace(3), isupper(3), isxdigit(3), stdio(3), toascii(3), tolower(3), toupper(3), ascii(7)
CAVEATS
The argument to isblank() must be EOF or representable as an unsigned char; otherwise, the behavior is undefined. See the CAVEATS section of ctype(3) for more details.
BSD
April 17, 2008 BSD
Related Man Pages
ctype(3) - mojave
isblank(3) - redhat
isdigit(3) - redhat
isspace(3) - redhat
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