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# iswctype

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< c‎ | string‎ | wide

Defined in header `<wctype.h>` |  |
int iswctype( wint_t wc, wctype_t desc ); |  | (since C95)

Classifies the wide character `wc` using the current C locale's LC_CTYPE category identified by `desc`.

### [edit] Parameters

wc | - | the wide character to classify
desc | - | the LC_CTYPE category, obtained from a call to wctype

### [edit] Return value

Non-zero if the character `wc` has the property identified by `desc` in LC_CTYPE facet of the current C locale, zero otherwise.

### [edit] Example

Run this code

    #include <locale.h>
    #include <wchar.h>
    #include <wctype.h>
    #include <stdio.h>
    const char* classify(wchar_t wc, const char* cat)
    {
        return iswctype(wc, wctype(cat)) ? "true" : "false";
    }
    int main(void)
    {
        setlocale(LC_ALL, "ja_JP.UTF-8");
        puts("The character \u6c34 is...");
        const char* cats[] = {"digit", "alpha", "space", "cntrl", "jkanji"};
        for(int n = 0; n < 5; ++n)
            printf("%s? %s\n", cats[n], classify(L'\u6c34', cats[n]));
    }

Output:

    The character 水 is...
    digit? false
    alpha? true
    space? false
    cntrl? false
    jkanji? true

### [edit] References

- C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):

  - 7.30.2.2.1 The iswctype function (p: 451-452)

- C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):

  - 7.25.2.2.1 The iswctype function (p: 397-398)

### [edit] See also

wctype (C95) | looks up a character classification category in the current C locale (function) [edit]

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