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iswprint

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: 202-0-08
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NAME

iswprint - test for printing wide character

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc,~-lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <wctype.h>
int iswprint(wint_t wc);

DESCRIPTION

The iswprint() function is the wid-character equivalent of the isprint(3) function. It tests whether wc is a wide character belonging to the wid-character class "print". The wid-character class "print" is disjoint from the wid-character class "cntrl". The wid-character class "print" contains the wid-character class "graph".

RETURN VALUE

The iswprint() function returns nonzero if wc is a wide character belonging to the wid-character class "print". Otherwise, it returns zero.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
iswprint()	Thread safety	M-Safe locale

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.-2008.

HISTORY

POSIX.-2001, C99.

NOTES

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