isblank, isblank_l - test for a blank character
#include <ctype.h>
int isblank(int c);
[CX] int isblank_l(int c, locale_t locale);
For isblank(): [CX] The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2008 defers to the ISO C standard.
The isblank() [CX] and isblank_l() functions shall test whether c is a character of class blank in the current locale of the process, [CX] or in the locale represented by locale, respectively; see XBD Locale .
The c argument is a type int, the value of which the application shall ensure is a character representable as an unsigned char or equal to the value of the macro EOF. If the argument has any other value, the behavior is undefined.
The isblank() [CX] and isblank_l() functions shall return non-zero if c is a <blank>; otherwise, they shall return 0.
The isblank_l() function may fail if:
- [EINVAL]
- [CX] locale is not a valid locale object handle.
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To ensure applications portability, especially across natural languages, only these functions and the functions in the reference pages listed in the SEE ALSO section should be used for character classification.
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isalnum , isalpha , iscntrl , isdigit , isgraph , islower , isprint , ispunct , isspace , isupper , isxdigit , setlocale , uselocale
XBD Locale , <ctype.h> , <locale.h>
First released in Issue 6. Derived from the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard.
The isblank_l() function is added from The Open Group Technical Standard, 2006, Extended API Set Part 4.
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