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ISWALPHA(3)                   Linux Programmer's Manual                   ISWALPHA(3)

NAME         top

       iswalpha - test for alphabetic wide character

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <wctype.h>

       int iswalpha(wint_t wc);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The iswalpha() function is the wide-character equivalent of the isalpha(3)
       function.  It tests whether wc is a wide character belonging to the wide-
       character class "alpha".

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

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

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

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

       The wide-character class "alpha" is disjoint from the wide-character class
       "digit".

       The wide-character class "alpha" contains the wide-character classes "upper"
       and "lower".

       The wide-character class "alpha" always contains at least the letters 'A' to
       'Z' and 'a' to 'z'.

RETURN VALUE         top

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

CONFORMING TO         top

       C99.

NOTES         top

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

SEE ALSO         top

       isalpha(3), iswctype(3)

COLOPHON         top

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GNU                                   1999-07-25                          ISWALPHA(3)