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35.Dd December 25, 2013
36.Dt ISSPACE 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm isspace ,
40.Nm isspace_l
41.Nd white-space character test
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libc
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In ctype.h
46.Ft int
47.Fn isspace "int c"
48.Ft int
49.Fn isspace_l "int c" "locale_t locale"
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Fn isspace
53and
54.Fn isspace_l
55functions test for white-space characters.
56For any locale, this includes the following standard characters:
57.Bl -column \&`\et''___ \&``\et''___ \&``\et''___ \&``\et''___ \&``\et''___ \&``\et''___
58.It "\&``\et''" Ta "``\en''" Ta "``\ev''" Ta "``\ef''" Ta "``\er''" Ta "`` ''"
59.El
60.Pp
61In the "C" locale,
62.Fn isspace
63and
64.Fn isspace_l
65return non-zero for these characters only.
66The value of the argument must be representable as an
67.Vt "unsigned char"
68or the value of
69.Dv EOF .
70.Pp
71The
72.Fn isspace_l
73function takes an explicit
74.Fa locale
75argument, whereas the
76.Fn isspace
77function uses the current global or per-thread locale.
78.Sh RETURN VALUES
79The
80.Fn isspace
81and
82.Fn isspace_l
83functions return zero if the character tests false and
84return 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 iswspace
94and
95.Fn iswspace_l
96functions should be used instead.
97.Sh SEE ALSO
98.Xr ctype 3 ,
99.Xr ctype_l 3 ,
100.Xr iswspace 3 ,
101.Xr iswspace_l 3 ,
102.Xr multibyte 3 ,
103.Xr xlocale 3 ,
104.Xr ascii 7
105.Sh STANDARDS
106The
107.Fn isspace
108function conforms to
109.St -isoC .
110The
111.Fn isspace_l
112function conforms to
113.St -p1003.1-2008 .
114