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35.Dd July 17, 2005
36.Dt ISPRINT 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm isprint
40.Nd printing character test (space character inclusive)
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libc
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In ctype.h
45.Ft int
46.Fn isprint "int c"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn isprint
50function tests for any printing character, including space
51.Pq Ql "\ " .
52The value of the argument must be representable as an
53.Vt "unsigned char"
54or the value of
55.Dv EOF .
56.Pp
57In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters
58(with their numeric values shown in octal):
59.Bl -column \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__
60.It "\&040\ sp" Ta "041\ ``!''" Ta "042\ ``""''" Ta "043\ ``#''" Ta "044\ ``$''"
61.It "\&045\ ``%''" Ta "046\ ``&''" Ta "047\ ``'''" Ta "050\ ``(''" Ta "051\ ``)''"
62.It "\&052\ ``*''" Ta "053\ ``+''" Ta "054\ ``,''" Ta "055\ ``-''" Ta "056\ ``.''"
63.It "\&057\ ``/''" Ta "060\ ``0''" Ta "061\ ``1''" Ta "062\ ``2''" Ta "063\ ``3''"
64.It "\&064\ ``4''" Ta "065\ ``5''" Ta "066\ ``6''" Ta "067\ ``7''" Ta "070\ ``8''"
65.It "\&071\ ``9''" Ta "072\ ``:''" Ta "073\ ``;''" Ta "074\ ``<''" Ta "075\ ``=''"
66.It "\&076\ ``>''" Ta "077\ ``?''" Ta "100\ ``@''" Ta "101\ ``A''" Ta "102\ ``B''"
67.It "\&103\ ``C''" Ta "104\ ``D''" Ta "105\ ``E''" Ta "106\ ``F''" Ta "107\ ``G''"
68.It "\&110\ ``H''" Ta "111\ ``I''" Ta "112\ ``J''" Ta "113\ ``K''" Ta "114\ ``L''"
69.It "\&115\ ``M''" Ta "116\ ``N''" Ta "117\ ``O''" Ta "120\ ``P''" Ta "121\ ``Q''"
70.It "\&122\ ``R''" Ta "123\ ``S''" Ta "124\ ``T''" Ta "125\ ``U''" Ta "126\ ``V''"
71.It "\&127\ ``W''" Ta "130\ ``X''" Ta "131\ ``Y''" Ta "132\ ``Z''" Ta "133\ ``[''"
72.It "\&134\ ``\e\|''" Ta "135\ ``]''" Ta "136\ ``^''" Ta "137\ ``_''" Ta "140\ ```''"
73.It "\&141\ ``a''" Ta "142\ ``b''" Ta "143\ ``c''" Ta "144\ ``d''" Ta "145\ ``e''"
74.It "\&146\ ``f''" Ta "147\ ``g''" Ta "150\ ``h''" Ta "151\ ``i''" Ta "152\ ``j''"
75.It "\&153\ ``k''" Ta "154\ ``l''" Ta "155\ ``m''" Ta "156\ ``n''" Ta "157\ ``o''"
76.It "\&160\ ``p''" Ta "161\ ``q''" Ta "162\ ``r''" Ta "163\ ``s''" Ta "164\ ``t''"
77.It "\&165\ ``u''" Ta "166\ ``v''" Ta "167\ ``w''" Ta "170\ ``x''" Ta "171\ ``y''"
78.It "\&172\ ``z''" Ta "173\ ``{''" Ta "174\ ``|''" Ta "175\ ``}''" Ta "176\ ``~''"
79.El
80.Sh RETURN VALUES
81The
82.Fn isprint
83function returns zero if the character tests false and
84returns non-zero if the character tests true.
85.Sh COMPATIBILITY
86The
87.Bx 4.4
88extension of accepting arguments outside of the range of the
89.Vt "unsigned char"
90type in locales with large character sets is considered obsolete
91and may not be supported in future releases.
92The
93.Fn iswprint
94function should be used instead.
95.Sh SEE ALSO
96.Xr ctype 3 ,
97.Xr iswprint 3 ,
98.Xr ascii 7
99.Sh STANDARDS
100The
101.Fn isprint
102function conforms to
103.St -isoC .
104