SYNOPSIS

#include <wctype.h>

int iswctype(wint_t wc, wctype_t desc);

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), 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.

RETURN VALUE

The iswctype() function returns nonzero if the wc has the designated property. Otherwise, it returns 0.

ATTRIBUTES

Multithreading (see pthreads(7))

The iswctype() function is thread-safe.

CONFORMING TO

C99.

NOTES

The behavior of iswctype() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.

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COLOPHON

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