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ISSPACE(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						ISSPACE(3)

NAME
isspace -- white-space character test LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS
#include <ctype.h> int isspace(int c); DESCRIPTION
The isspace() function tests for the standard white-space characters for which isalnum(3) is false. The standard white-space characters are the following: ' ' Space character. f Form feed. New-line. Carriage return. Horizontal tab. v And vertical tab. In the ``C'' locale, isspace() returns true only for the standard white-space characters. RETURN VALUES
The isspace() 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), isblank(3), iscntrl(3), isdigit(3), isgraph(3), islower(3), isprint(3), ispunct(3), isupper(3), isxdigit(3), stdio(3), toascii(3), tolower(3), toupper(3), ascii(7) STANDARDS
The isspace() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C89''). CAVEATS
The argument to isspace() 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

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CTYPE(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						  CTYPE(3)

NAME
digittoint, isalnum, isalpha, isascii, isblank, iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, ishexnumber, isideogram, islower, isnumber, isphonogram, isprint, ispunct, isrune, isspace, isspecial, isupper, isxdigit, toascii, tolower, toupper -- character classification macros LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS
#include <ctype.h> int digittoint(int c); int isalnum(int c); int isalpha(int c); int isascii(int c); int iscntrl(int c); int isdigit(int c); int isgraph(int c); int ishexnumber(int c); int isideogram(int c); int islower(int c); int isnumber(int c); int isphonogram(int c); int isspecial(int c); int isprint(int c); int ispunct(int c); int isrune(int c); int isspace(int c); int isupper(int c); int isxdigit(int c); int toascii(int c); int tolower(int c); int toupper(int c); DESCRIPTION
The above functions perform character tests and conversions on the integer c. They are available as macros, defined in the include file <ctype.h>, or as true functions in the C library. See the specific manual pages for more information. Extended locale versions of these functions are documented in ctype_l(3). See xlocale(3) for more information. SEE ALSO
digittoint(3), isalnum(3), isalpha(3), isascii(3), isblank(3), iscntrl(3), isdigit(3), isgraph(3), isideogram(3), islower(3), isphonogram(3), isprint(3), ispunct(3), isrune(3), isspace(3), isspecial(3), isupper(3), isxdigit(3), toascii(3), tolower(3), toupper(3), wctype(3), ascii(7), ctype_l(3) STANDARDS
These functions, except for digittoint(), isascii(), ishexnumber(), isideogram(), isnumber(), isphonogram(), isrune(), isspecial() and toascii(), conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C90''). BSD
March 30, 2004 BSD
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