Null-terminated wide strings
A null-terminated wide string is a sequence of valid wide characters, ending with a null-character.
Functions
Character classification |
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Defined in header <wctype.h>
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(C95) |
checks if a wide character is alphanumeric (function) |
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(C95) |
checks if a wide character is alphabetic (function) |
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(C95) |
checks if a wide character is an lowercase character (function) |
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(C95) |
checks if a wide character is an uppercase character (function) |
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(C95) |
checks if a wide character is a digit (function) |
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(C95) |
checks if a character is a hexadecimal character (function) |
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(C95) |
checks if a wide character is a control character (function) |
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(C95) |
checks if a wide character is a graphical character (function) |
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(C95) |
checks if a wide character is a space character (function) |
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(C99) |
checks if a wide character is a blank character (function) |
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(C95) |
checks if a wide character is a printing character (function) |
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(C95) |
checks if a wide character is a punctuation character (function) |
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(C95) |
classifies a wide character according to the specified LC_CTYPE category (function) |
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(C95) |
looks up a character classification category in the current C locale (function) |
Character manipulation |
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Defined in header <wctype.h>
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(C95) |
converts a wide character to lowercase (function) |
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(C95) |
converts a wide character to uppercase (function) |
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(C95) |
performs character mapping according to the specified LC_CTYPE mapping category (function) |
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(C95) |
looks up a character mapping category in the current C locale (function) |
| ASCII values | characters | iscntrl |
isprint |
isspace |
isblank |
isgraph |
ispunct |
isalnum |
isalpha |
isupper |
islower |
isdigit |
isxdigit | ||
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| decimal | hexadecimal | octal | |||||||||||||
| 0–8 | \x0–\x8
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\0–\10
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control codes (NUL, etc.)
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| 9 | \x9
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\11
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tab (\t)
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| 10–13 | \xA–\xD
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\12–\15
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whitespaces (\n, \v, \f, \r)
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| 14–31 | \xE–\x1F
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\16–\37
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control codes | ≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| 32 | \x20
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\40
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space | 0
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≠0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| 33–47 | \x21–\x2F
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\41–\57
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!"#$%&'()*+,-./
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| 48–57 | \x30–\x39
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\60–\71
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0123456789
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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| 58–64 | \x3A–\x40
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\72–\100
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:;<=>?@
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| 65–70 | \x41–\x46
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\101–\106
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ABCDEF
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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| 71–90 | \x47–\x5A
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\107–\132
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GHIJKLMNOP
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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| 91–96 | \x5B–\x60
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\133–\140
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[\]^_`
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| 97–102 | \x61–\x66
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\141–\146
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abcdef
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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| 103–122 | \x67–\x7A
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\147–\172
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ghijklmnop
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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| 123–126 | \x7B–\x7E
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\172–\176
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}~ | 0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| 127 | \x7F
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\177
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backspace character (DEL)
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Conversions to numeric formats |
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Defined in header <wchar.h>
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(C95)(C99) |
converts a wide string to an integer value (function) |
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(C95)(C99) |
converts a wide string to an unsigned integer value (function) |
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(C99)(C95)(C99) |
converts a wide string to a floating-point value (function) |
Defined in header <inttypes.h>
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(C99)(C99) |
converts a wide string to intmax_t or uintmax_t(function) |
String manipulation |
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Defined in header <wchar.h>
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(C95)(C11) |
copies one wide string to another (function) |
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(C95)(C11) |
copies a certain amount of wide characters from one string to another (function) |
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(C95)(C11) |
appends a copy of one wide string to another (function) |
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(C95)(C11) |
appends a certain amount of wide characters from one wide string to another (function) |
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(C95) |
transform a wide string so that wcscmp would produce the same result as wcscoll (function) |
String examination |
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Defined in header <wchar.h>
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(C95)(C11) |
returns the length of a wide string (function) |
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(C95) |
compares two wide strings (function) |
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(C95) |
compares a certain amount of characters from two wide strings (function) |
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(C95) |
compares two wide strings in accordance to the current locale (function) |
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(C95) |
finds the first occurrence of a wide character in a wide string (function) |
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(C95) |
finds the last occurrence of a wide character in a wide string (function) |
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(C95) |
returns the length of the maximum initial segment that consists of only the wide characters found in another wide string |
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(C95) |
returns the length of the maximum initial segment that consists of only the wide chars not found in another wide string |
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(C95) |
finds the first location of any wide character in one wide string, in another wide string (function) |
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(C95) |
finds the first occurrence of a wide string within another wide string (function) |
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(C95)(C11) |
finds the next token in a wide string (function) |
Wide character array manipulation |
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Defined in header <wchar.h>
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(C95)(C11) |
copies a certain amount of wide characters between two non-overlapping arrays (function) |
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(C95)(C11) |
copies a certain amount of wide characters between two, possibly overlapping, arrays (function) |
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(C95) |
compares a certain amount of wide characters from two arrays (function) |
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(C95) |
finds the first occurrence of a wide character in a wide character array (function) |
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(C95) |
copies the given wide character to every position in a wide character array (function) |
Types
Defined in header <stddef.h>
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Defined in header <stdlib.h>
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Defined in header <wchar.h>
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wchar_t
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integer type that can hold any valid wide character |
Defined in header <wctype.h>
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wint_t(C95)
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integer type that can hold any valid wide character and at least one more value |
wctrans_t(C95)
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scalar type that holds locale-specific character mapping |
wctype_t(C95)
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scalar type that holds locale-specific character classification |
Macros
Defined in header <wchar.h>
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Defined in header <wctype.h>
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WEOF (C95) |
a non-character value of type wint_t used to indicate errors (macro constant) |
Defined in header <wchar.h>
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Defined in header <stdint.h>
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WCHAR_MIN (C95) |
the smallest valid value of wchar_t (macro constant) |
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WCHAR_MAX (C95) |
the largest valid value of wchar_t (macro constant) |
References
C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
- 7.19 Common definitions (p: 288)
- 7.29 Extended multibyte and wide character utilities (p: 402-446)
- 7.30 Wide character classification and mapping utilities (p: 447-454)
- 7.31.16 Extended multibyte and wide character utilities (p: 456)
- 7.31.17 Wide character classification and mapping utilities (p: 457)
- K.3.3 Common definitions (p: 585)
- K.3.9 Extended multibyte and wide character utilities (p: 627-651)
C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):
- 7.17 Common definitions (p: 254)
- 7.24 Extended multibyte and wide character utilities (p: 348-392)
- 7.25 Wide character classification and mapping utilities (p: 393-400)
- 7.26.12 Extended multibyte and wide character utilities (p: 402)
- 7.26.13 Wide character classification and mapping utilities (p: 402)
C89/C90 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1990):
- 4.1.5 Common definitions
See also
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