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Name

iswprint - 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). allbox; lbx lb lb T{ iswprint()
InterfaceAttributeValue
T}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

  1. isprint(3),
  2. iswctype(3)