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16 .TH WCTYPE 3 2014-01-22 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
18 wctype \- wide-character classification
21 .B #include <wctype.h>
23 .BI "wctype_t wctype(const char *" name );
28 type represents a property which a wide character may or
30 In other words, it represents a class of wide characters.
31 This type's nature is implementation-dependent, but the special value
33 denotes an invalid property.
40 to actually test whether a given
41 wide character has the property.
45 function returns a property, given by its name.
47 valid names depends on the
49 category of the current locale, but the
50 following names are valid in all locales.
52 "alnum" \- realizes the \fBisalnum\fP(3) classification function
53 "alpha" \- realizes the \fBisalpha\fP(3) classification function
54 "blank" \- realizes the \fBisblank\fP(3) classification function
55 "cntrl" \- realizes the \fBiscntrl\fP(3) classification function
56 "digit" \- realizes the \fBisdigit\fP(3) classification function
57 "graph" \- realizes the \fBisgraph\fP(3) classification function
58 "lower" \- realizes the \fBislower\fP(3) classification function
59 "print" \- realizes the \fBisprint\fP(3) classification function
60 "punct" \- realizes the \fBispunct\fP(3) classification function
61 "space" \- realizes the \fBisspace\fP(3) classification function
62 "upper" \- realizes the \fBisupper\fP(3) classification function
63 "xdigit" \- realizes the \fBisxdigit\fP(3) classification function
68 function returns a property descriptor
75 .SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
78 function is thread-safe with exceptions.
79 It can be safely used in multithreaded applications, as long as
81 is not called to change the locale during its execution.