wctype

Defined in header `<wctype.h>`

wctype_t wctype( const char* str );

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".

[edit] Parameters

str

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C string holding the name of the desired category

The following values of str are supported in all C locales:


value of `str`	effect

`"alnum"`	identifies the category used by iswalnum

`"alpha"`	identifies the category used by iswalpha

`"blank"`	identifies the category used by iswblank (C99)

`"cntrl"`	identifies the category used by iswcntrl

`"digit"`	identifies the category used by iswdigit

`"graph"`	identifies the category used by iswgraph

`"lower"`	identifies the category used by iswlower

`"print"`	identifies the category used by iswprint

`"space"`	identifies the category used by iswspace

`"upper"`	identifies the category used by iswupper

`"xdigit"`	identifies the category used by iswxdigit

[edit] 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.

[edit] See also


iswctype	classifies a wide character according to the specified LC_CTYPE category (function)

C++ documentation for wctype

Language
Standard Library
Type support
Dynamic memory management
Error handling
Program utilities
Date and time utilities
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Numerics
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Thread support (C11)
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