ISWALNUM

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 1999-07-25
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NAME

iswalnum - test for alphanumeric wide character

SYNOPSIS

#include <wctype.h>

int iswalnum(wint_t wc);

DESCRIPTION

The iswalnum() function is the wide-character equivalent of the isalnum(3) function. It tests whether wc is a wide character belonging to the wide-character class "alnum".

The wide-character class "alnum" is a subclass of the wide-character class "graph", and therefore also a subclass of the wide-character class "print".

Being a subclass of the wide-character class "print", the wide-character class "alnum" is disjoint from the wide-character class "cntrl".

Being a subclass of the wide-character class "graph", the wide-character class "alnum" is disjoint from the wide-character class "space" and its subclass "blank".

The wide-character class "alnum" is disjoint from the wide-character class "punct".

The wide-character class "alnum" is the union of the wide-character classes "alpha" and "digit". As such, it also contains the wide-character class "xdigit".

The wide-character class "alnum" always contains at least the letters aqAaq to aqZaq, aqaaq to aqzaq and the digits aq0aq to aq9aq.

RETURN VALUE

The iswalnum() function returns non-zero if wc is a wide character belonging to the wide-character class "alnum". Otherwise it returns zero.

CONFORMING TO

C99.

NOTES

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

COLOPHON

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