iswcntrl

iswcntrl

Defined in header <wctype.h>
int iswcntrl( wint_t ch );		(since C95)

Checks if the given wide character is a control character, i.e. codes 0x00-0x1F and 0x7F and any control characters specific to the current locale.

Parameters

ch

-

wide character

Return value

Non-zero value if the wide character is a control character, zero otherwise.

Notes

ISO 30112 defines POSIX control characters as Unicode characters U+0000..U+001F, U+007F..U+009F, U+2028, and U+2029 (Unicode classes Cc, Zl, and Zp).

Example

#include <stdio.h>
#include <wchar.h>
#include <wctype.h>
#include <locale.h>
 
int main(void)
{
    wchar_t c = L'\u2028'; // the Unicode character "line separator"
    printf("in the default locale, iswcntrl(%#x) = %d\n", c, !!iswcntrl(c));
    setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US.utf8");
    printf("in Unicode locale, iswcntrl(%#x) = %d\n", c, !!iswcntrl(c));
}

Output:

in the default locale, iswcntrl(0x2028) = 0
in Unicode locale, iswcntrl(0x2028) = 1

References

C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):

• 7.30.2.1.4 The iswcntrl function (p: 449)

C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):

• 7.25.2.1.4 The iswcntrl function (p: 395)

See also

iscntrl

checks if a character is a control character (function)

ASCII values			characters	iscntrl iswcntrl.	isprint iswprint.	isspace iswspace.	isblank iswblank.	isgraph iswgraph.	ispunct iswpunct.	isalnum iswalnum.	isalpha iswalpha.	isupper iswupper.	islower iswlower.	isdigit iswdigit.	isxdigit iswxdigit.
decimal	hexadecimal	octal
0–8	\x0–\x8	\0–\10	control codes (NUL, etc.)	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	\x9	\11	tab (\t)	≠0	0	≠0	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10–13	\xA–\xD	\12–\15	whitespaces (\n, \v, \f, \r)	≠0	0	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14–31	\xE–\x1F	\16–\37	control codes	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	\x20	\40	space	0	≠0	≠0	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33–47	\x21–\x2F	\41–\57	!"#$%&'()*+,-./	0	≠0	0	0	≠0	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48–57	\x30–\x39	\60–\71	0123456789	0	≠0	0	0	≠0	0	≠0	0	0	0	≠0	≠0
58–64	\x3A–\x40	\72–\100	:;<=>?@	0	≠0	0	0	≠0	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0
65–70	\x41–\x46	\101–\106	ABCDEF	0	≠0	0	0	≠0	0	≠0	≠0	≠0	0	0	≠0
71–90	\x47–\x5A	\107–\132	GHIJKLMNOP QRSTUVWXYZ	0	≠0	0	0	≠0	0	≠0	≠0	≠0	0	0	0
91–96	\x5B–\x60	\133–\140	[\]^_`	0	≠0	0	0	≠0	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0
97–102	\x61–\x66	\141–\146	abcdef	0	≠0	0	0	≠0	0	≠0	≠0	0	≠0	0	≠0
103–122	\x67–\x7A	\147–\172	ghijklmnop qrstuvwxyz	0	≠0	0	0	≠0	0	≠0	≠0	0	≠0	0	0
123–126	\x7B–\x7E	\172–\176	}~	0	≠0	0	0	≠0	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0
127	\x7F	\177	backspace character (DEL)	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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