wctype - wide-character classification
Contents
Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤
│ wctype() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘
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 characters. This type's nature is implementation-dependent, but the special
value (wctype_t)0 denotes an invalid property. Nonzero wctype_t values can be passed to the iswctype(3)
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(3) classification function
"alpha" - realizes the isalpha(3) classification function
"blank" - realizes the isblank(3) classification function
"cntrl" - realizes the iscntrl(3) classification function
"digit" - realizes the isdigit(3) classification function
"graph" - realizes the isgraph(3) classification function
"lower" - realizes the islower(3) classification function
"print" - realizes the isprint(3) classification function
"punct" - realizes the ispunct(3) classification function
"space" - realizes the isspace(3) classification function
"upper" - realizes the isupper(3) classification function
"xdigit" - realizes the isxdigit(3) classification function
History
POSIX.1-2001, C99.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
wctype - wide-character classification
Notes
The behavior of wctype() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.
Return Value
The wctype() function returns a property descriptor if the name is valid. Otherwise, it returns
(wctype_t)0.
See Also
iswctype(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 wctype(3)
Standards
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
Synopsis
#include<wctype.h>wctype_twctype(constchar*name);