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36.\"     @(#)isspace.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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39.Dd June 4, 1993
40.Dt ISSPACE 3
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm isspace
44.Nd white-space character test
45.Sh LIBRARY
46.Lb libc
47.Sh SYNOPSIS
48.In ctype.h
49.Ft int
50.Fn isspace "int c"
51.Sh DESCRIPTION
52The
53.Fn isspace
54function tests for the white-space characters.
55For any locale, this includes the following standard characters:
56.Pp
57.Bl -column \&`\et''___ \&``\et''___ \&``\et''___ \&``\et''___ \&``\et''___ \&``\et''___
58.It "\&``\et''\t``\en''\t``\ev''\t``\ef''\t``\er''\t`` ''"
59.El
60.Pp
61In the "C" locale
62.Fn isspace
63successful test is limited to this characters only.
64For single C
65.Va char Ns s
66locales (see
67.Xr multibyte 3 )
68the value of the argument is
69representable as an
70.Li unsigned char
71or the value of
72.Dv EOF .
73.Sh RETURN VALUES
74The
75.Fn isspace
76function returns zero if the character tests false and
77returns non-zero if the character tests true.
78.Sh SEE ALSO
79.Xr ctype 3 ,
80.Xr multibyte 3 ,
81.Xr ascii 7
82.Sh STANDARDS
83The
84.Fn isspace
85function conforms to
86.St -isoC .
87