iswprint — test for printing wide character

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).

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

Conforming to

POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.

Notes

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

See Also

isprint(3), iswctype(3)

Colophon

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Referenced By

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

2015-08-08 GNU Linux Programmer's Manual