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# isxdigit

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< c‎ | string‎ | byte

Defined in header `<ctype.h>` |  |
int isxdigit( int ch ); |  |

Checks if the given character is a hexadecimal numeric character (`0123456789abcdefABCDEF`) or is classified as a hexadecimal character.

The behavior is undefined if the value of `ch` is not representable as unsigned char and is not equal to EOF.

### [edit] Parameters

ch | - | character to classify

### [edit] Return value

Non-zero value if the character is an hexadecimal numeric character, zero otherwise.

### [edit] Notes

`isdigit` and `isxdigit` are the only standard narrow character classification functions that are not affected by the currently installed C locale. although some implementations (e.g. Microsoft in 1252 codepage) may classify additional single-byte characters as digits.

### [edit] Example

Run this code

    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <ctype.h>
    #include <limits.h>

    int main(void)
    {
        for (int ndx=0; ndx<=UCHAR_MAX; ndx++)
            if (isxdigit(ndx)) printf("%c", ndx);
        printf("\n");
    }

Output:

    0123456789ABCDEFabcdef

### [edit] References

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

  - 7.4.1.12 The isxdigit function (p: 203)

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

  - 7.4.1.12 The isxdigit function (p: 184)

- C89/C90 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1990):

  - 4.3.1.11 The isxdigit function

### [edit] See also

iswxdigit (C95) | checks if a character is a hexadecimal character (function) [edit]
C++ documentation for isxdigit

ASCII values (hex) | characters | `iscntrl` `iswcntrl` | `isprint` `iswprint` | `isspace` `iswspace` | `isblank` `iswblank` | `isgraph` `iswgraph` | `ispunct` `iswpunct` | `isalnum` `iswalnum` | `isalpha` `iswalpha` | `isupper` `iswupper` | `islower` `iswlower` | `isdigit` `iswdigit` | `isxdigit` `iswxdigit`
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
0 - 8 | `0x00-0x08` | control codes (`NUL`, etc.) | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0`
9 | `0x09` | tab (`\t`) | `≠0` | `0` | `≠0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0`
10 - 13 | `0x0A-0x0D` | whitespaces (`\n`,`\v`,`\f`,`\r`) | `≠0` | `0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0`
14 - 31 | `0x0E-0x1F` | control codes | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0`
32 | `0x20` | space | `0` | `≠0` | `≠0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0`
33 - 47 | `0x21-0x2F` | `!"#$%&'()*+,-./` | `0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `≠0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0`
48 - 57 | `0x30-0x39` | `0123456789` | `0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `≠0` | `0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `≠0` | `≠0`
58 - 64 | `0x3a-0x40` | `:;<=>?@` | `0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `≠0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0`
65 - 70 | `0x41-0x46` | `ABCDEF` | `0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `≠0` | `0` | `≠0` | `≠0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `≠0`
71 - 90 | `0x47-0x5A` | `GHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ` | `0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `≠0` | `0` | `≠0` | `≠0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `0`
91 - 96 | `0x5B-0x60` | `[\]^_`` | `0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `≠0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0`
97 -102 | `0x61-0x66` | `abcdef` | `0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `≠0` | `0` | `≠0` | `≠0` | `0` | `≠0` | `0` | `≠0`
103-122 | `0x67-0x7A` | `ghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz` | `0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `≠0` | `0` | `≠0` | `≠0` | `0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0`
123-126 | `0x7B-0x7E` | `{|}~` | `0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `≠0` | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0`
127 | `0x7F` | backspace character (`DEL`) | `≠0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0` | `0`

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