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WCTYPE(3)			    NEWLIB			     WCTYPE(3)

NAME
       3.28 `wctype'--get wide-character classification type

SYNOPSIS
	    #include <wctype.h>
	    wctype_t wctype(const char *C);

DESCRIPTION
       `wctype' is a function which takes a string C and gives back the appro‐
       priate wctype_t type value associated with the string, if  one  exists.
       The following values are guaranteed to be recognized: "alnum", "alpha",
       "blank", "cntrl", "digit", "graph", "lower", "print", "punct", "space",
       "upper", and "xdigit".

RETURNS
       `wctype'	 returns  0  and sets `errno' to `EINVAL' if the given name is
       invalid.	 Otherwise, it returns a valid non-zero wctype_t value.

PORTABILITY
       `wctype' is C99.

	  No supporting OS subroutines are required.

SEE ALSO
       wctype is part of the library.  The full	 documentation	for  is	 main‐
       tained as a Texinfo manual.  If info and are properly installed at your
       site, the command

	      info

       will give you access to the complete manual.

NEWLIB				  April 2010			     WCTYPE(3)

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