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iswspace()

Test a wide character to see if it's a whitespace character

Synopsis:

#include <wctype.h>

int iswspace( wint_t wc );

Arguments:

wc: The wide character you want to test.

Library:

libc

Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.

The iswspace() function tests if the argument wc is a whitespace wide character of the class space. In the C locale, this class includes the space character, \f (form feed), \n (newline or linefeed), \r (carriage return), \t (horizontal tab), and \v (vertical tab).

Returns:

A nonzero value if the character is a member of the class space, or 0 otherwise.

Classification:

ANSI, POSIX 1003.1

Safety:
Cancellation point	No
Interrupt handler	Yes
Signal handler	Yes
Thread	Yes

Caveats:

The result is valid only for wchar_t arguments and WEOF.