iswctype - wide-character classification
Contents
Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ iswctype() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
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), then 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.
History
POSIX.1-2001, C99.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
iswctype - wide-character classification
Notes
The behavior of iswctype() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.
Return Value
The iswctype() function returns nonzero if the wc has the designated property. Otherwise, it returns 0.
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) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 iswctype(3)
Standards
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
Synopsis
#include<wctype.h>intiswctype(wint_twc,wctype_tdesc);