The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7
IEEE Std 1003.1-2008
Copyright © 2001-2008 The IEEE and The Open Group

NAME

wctype, wctype_l - define character class

SYNOPSIS

#include <wctype.h>

wctype_t wctype(const char *
property);

[CX] [Option Start] wctype_t wctype_l(const char *property, locale_t locale); [Option End]

DESCRIPTION

For wctype(): [CX] [Option Start]  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. [Option End]

The wctype() [CX] [Option Start]  and wctype_l() [Option End]  functions are defined for valid character class names as defined in the current locale [CX] [Option Start]  or in the locale represented by locale, [Option End]  respectively.

The property argument is a string identifying a generic character class for which codeset-specific type information is required. The following character class names shall be defined in all locales:


alnum
alpha
blank
cntrl


digit
graph
lower
print


punct
space
upper
xdigit

Additional character class names defined in the locale definition file (category LC_CTYPE ) can also be specified.

These functions shall return a value of type wctype_t, which can be used as the second argument to subsequent calls of iswctype() [CX] [Option Start]  and iswctype_l(). [Option End]

The wctype() [CX] [Option Start]  and wctype_l() [Option End]  functions shall determine values of wctype_t according to the rules of the coded character set defined by character type information in the locale of the process [CX] [Option Start]  or in the locale represented by locale, [Option End]  respectively (category LC_CTYPE ).

The values returned by wctype() shall be valid until a call to setlocale() that modifies the category LC_CTYPE .

[CX] [Option Start] The values returned by wctype_l() shall be valid only in calls to iswctype_l() with a locale represented by locale with the same LC_CTYPE category value. [Option End]

RETURN VALUE

The wctype() [CX] [Option Start]  and wctype_l() [Option End]  functions shall return 0 if the given character class name is not valid for the current locale (category LC_CTYPE ); otherwise, they shall return an object of type wctype_t that can be used in calls to iswctype() [CX] [Option Start]  and iswctype_l(). [Option End]

ERRORS

The wctype_l() function may fail if:

[EINVAL]
[CX] [Option Start] locale is not a valid locale object handle. [Option End]

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

iswctype

XBD <wctype.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 4.

Issue 5

The following change has been made in this version for alignment with ISO/IEC 9899:1990/Amendment 1:1995 (E):

Issue 7

The wctype_l() function is added from The Open Group Technical Standard, 2006, Extended API Set Part 4.

End of informative text.

 

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