wctype
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| Defined in header <wctype.h>
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| wctype_t wctype( const char* str ); |
(since C95) | |
Constructs a value of type wctype_t that describes a LC_CTYPE category of wide character classification. It may be one of the standard classification categories, or a locale-specific category, such as "jkanji".
Parameters
| str | - | C string holding the name of the desired category |
The following values of str are supported in all C locales:
value of str
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effect |
"alnum"
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identifies the category used by iswalnum |
"alpha"
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identifies the category used by iswalpha |
"blank"
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identifies the category used by iswblank (C99) |
"cntrl"
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identifies the category used by iswcntrl |
"digit"
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identifies the category used by iswdigit |
"graph"
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identifies the category used by iswgraph |
"lower"
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identifies the category used by iswlower |
"print"
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identifies the category used by iswprint |
"space"
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identifies the category used by iswspace |
"upper"
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identifies the category used by iswupper |
"xdigit"
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identifies the category used by iswxdigit |
Return value
wctype_t object suitable for use with iswctype to classify wide characters according to the named category of the current C locale or zero if str does not name a category supported by the current C locale.
References
- C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
- 7.30.2.2.2 The wctype function (p: 452)
- C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):
- 7.25.2.2.2 The wctype function (p: 398)
See also
| (C95) |
classifies a wide character according to the specified LC_CTYPE category (function) |