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iswalnum(3) Library Functions Manualiswalnum(3)iswalnum - test for alphanumeric wide character
Standard C library (libc,-lc)
#include <wctype.h>int iswalnum(wint_twc);
Theiswalnum() function is the wide-character equivalent of theisalnum(3) function. It tests whetherwc 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 'A' to 'Z', 'a' to 'z', and the digits '0' to '9'.
Theiswalnum() function returns nonzero ifwc is a wide character belonging to the wide-character class "alnum". Otherwise, it returns zero.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, seeattributes(7). ┌───────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐ │Interface│Attribute│Value│ ├───────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤ │iswalnum() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │ └───────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
POSIX.1-2001, C99.
The behavior ofiswalnum() depends on theLC_CTYPEcategory of the current locale.
isalnum(3),iswctype(3)
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