iswprint - Man Page

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 wide-character equivalent of the isprint(3) function. It tests whether wc is a wide character belonging to the wide-character class "print".

The wide-character class "print" is disjoint from the wide-character class "cntrl".

The wide-character class "print" contains the wide-character class "graph".

Return Value

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

Attributes

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

InterfaceAttributeValue
iswprint()Thread safetyMT-Safe locale

Standards

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

History

POSIX.1-2001, C99.

Notes

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

See Also

isprint(3), iswctype(3)

Referenced By

isalpha(3), iswctype(3), lsof(1), wcswidth(3), wcwidth(3).

2023-10-31 Linux man-pages 6.7