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WCTYPE(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							 WCTYPE(3)

NAME
wctype - wide character classification
SYNOPSIS
#include <wctype.h> wctype_t wctype(const char *name);
DESCRIPTION
The wctype_t type represents a property which a wide character may or may not have. In other words, it represents a class of wide charac- ters. This type's nature is implementation dependent, but the special value (wctype_t)0 denotes an invalid property. Nonzero wctype_t val- ues can be passed to the iswctype function to actually test whether a given wide character has the property. The wctype function returns a property, given by its name. The set of valid names depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale, but the following names are valid in all locales. "alnum" - realizes the isalnum classification function "alpha" - realizes the isalpha classification function "blank" - realizes the isblank classification function "cntrl" - realizes the iscntrl classification function "digit" - realizes the isdigit classification function "graph" - realizes the isgraph classification function "lower" - realizes the islower classification function "print" - realizes the isprint classification function "punct" - realizes the ispunct classification function "space" - realizes the isspace classification function "upper" - realizes the isupper classification function "xdigit" - realizes the isxdigit classification function
RETURN VALUE
The wctype function returns a property descriptor if the name is valid. Otherwise it returns (wctype_t)0.
CONFORMING TO
ISO/ANSI C, UNIX98
SEE ALSO
iswctype(3)
NOTES
The behaviour of wctype depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.
GNU
1999-07-25 WCTYPE(3)
Related Man Pages
wctype(3) - redhat
wctype(3) - debian
wctype(3) - suse
iswctype(3) - freebsd
wctype(3) - v7
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