isascii(3p) — Linux manual page

ISASCII(3P)             POSIX Programmer's Manual            ISASCII(3P)

PROLOG         top

       This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The
       Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
       corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
       or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME         top

       isascii — test for a 7-bit US-ASCII character

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <ctype.h>

       int isascii(int c);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The isascii() function shall test whether c is a 7-bit US-ASCII
       character code.

       The isascii() function is defined on all integer values.

RETURN VALUE         top

       The isascii() function shall return non-zero if c is a 7-bit US-
       ASCII character code between 0 and octal 0177 inclusive;
       otherwise, it shall return 0.

ERRORS         top

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES         top

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE         top

       The isascii() function cannot be used portably in a localized
       application.

RATIONALE         top

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS         top

       The isascii() function may be removed in a future version.

SEE ALSO         top

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, ctype.h(0p)

COPYRIGHT         top

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
       form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
       Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
       Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
       (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
       Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any
       discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The
       Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be
       obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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       are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of
       the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see
       https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

IEEE/The Open Group               2017                       ISASCII(3P)

Pages that refer to this page: ctype.h(0p),  localeconv(3p),  toascii(3p)

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