Manpage of WCTYPE
WCTYPE
Section: NEWLIB (3)
Updated: 2005 Feb 23
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NAME
2.28 `wctype'--get wide-character classification type
SYNOPSIS
#include <wctype.h>
wctype_t wctype(const char *C);
DESCRIPTION
`wctype' is a function which takes a string C and gives back the
appropriate wctype_t type value associated with the string, if one
exists. The following values are guaranteed to be recognized: "alnum",
"alpha", "blank", "cntrl", "digit", "graph", "lower", "print", "punct",
"space", "upper", and "xdigit".
RETURNS
`wctype' returns 0 and sets `errno' to `EINVAL' if the given name is
invalid. Otherwise, it returns a valid non-zero wctype_t value.
PORTABILITY
`wctype' is C99.
No supporting OS subroutines are required.
SEE ALSO
wctype
is part of the
libc
library.
The full documentation for
libc
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
info
and
libc
are properly installed at your site, the command
-
info libc
will give you access to the complete manual.
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