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isspace(3)

NAME

     isspace -- white-space character test

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <ctype.h>

     int
     isspace(int c);

DESCRIPTION

     The isspace() function tests for the white-space characters.  For any
     locale, this includes the following standard characters:

     ``\t''   ``\n''	``\v''	  ``\f''    ``\r''    `` ''

     In the "C" locale isspace() successful test is limited to this characters
     only.  For single C chars locales (see multibyte(3)) the value of the
     argument is representable as an unsigned char or the value of EOF.

RETURN VALUES

     The isspace() function returns zero if the character tests false and
     returns non-zero if the character tests true.

COMPATIBILITY

     The 4.4BSD extension of accepting arguments outside of the range of the
     unsigned char type in locales with large character sets is deprecated.
     The iswspace() function should be used instead for maximum portability.

SEE ALSO

     ctype(3), iswspace(3), multibyte(3), ascii(7)

STANDARDS

     The isspace() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C90'').

FreeBSD 5.4			 July 30, 2004			   FreeBSD 5.4

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