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.TH WCTYPE 3C "Jun 25, 2014"
.SH NAME
wctype, wctype_l \- define character class
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
#include <wchar.h>

\fBwctype_t\fR \fBwctype\fR(\fBconst char *\fR\fIcharclass\fR);
.fi
.LP
.nf
\fBwctype_t\fR \fBwctype_l\fR(\fBconst char *\fR\fIcharclass\fR, \fBlocale_t\fR \fIloc\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
The \fBwctype()\fR function is defined for valid character class names as
defined in the current locale. The \fIcharclass\fR is a string identifying a
generic character class for which codeset-specific type information is
required. The following character class names are defined in all locales:
.IP
.TS
l l l
l l l .
"alnum"	"alpha"	"blank"
"cntrl"	"digit"	"graph"
"lower"	"print"	"punct"
"space"	"upper"	"xdigit"
.TE

.LP
Additional character class names defined in the locale definition file
(category \fBLC_CTYPE\fR) can also be specified.
.LP
The function returns a value of type \fBwctype_t\fR, which can be used as the
second argument to subsequent calls of \fBiswctype\fR(3C). The \fBwctype()\fR
function determines values of \fBwctype_t\fR according to the rules of the coded
character set defined by character type information in the current locale
(category \fBLC_CTYPE\fR). The values returned by \fBwctype()\fR are valid
only in the locale, or locales with the same \fBLC_CTYPE\fR category.
.LP
The function \fBwctype_l()\fR behaves identically to \fBwctype()\fR, except
instead of operating in the current locale, it operates in the locale
specified by \fIloc\fR.
.SH RETURN VALUES
.LP
These functions return \fB0\fR if the given character class name
is not valid for the locale (category \fBLC_CTYPE\fR); otherwise it
returns an object of type \fBwctype_t\fR that can be used in calls to
\fBiswctype\fR(3C).
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
CSI	Enabled
_
Interface Stability	Standard
_
MT-Level	MT-Safe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.LP
\fBiswctype\fR(3C), \fBnewlocale\fR(3C), \fBsetlocale\fR(3C),
\fBuselocale\fR(3C),
\fBattributes\fR(5),
\fBstandards\fR(5)