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       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

       isspace, isspace_l — test for a white-space character

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ctype.h>

       int isspace(int c);
       int isspace_l(int c, locale_t locale);

DESCRIPTION

       For  isspace():  The  functionality  described  on this reference page is aligned with the
       ISO C standard. Any conflict  between  the  requirements  described  here  and  the  ISO C
       standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1‐2008 defers to the ISO C standard.

       The isspace() and isspace_l() functions shall test whether c is a character of class space
       in the current locale, or in the locale represented by locale, respectively; see the  Base
       Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Chapter 7, Locale.

       The  c  argument is an int, the value of which the application shall ensure is a character
       representable as an unsigned char or equal to the value of the macro EOF. If the  argument
       has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

       The  behavior  is  undefined  if  the locale argument to isspace_l() is the special locale
       object LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE or is not a valid locale object handle.

RETURN VALUE

       The isspace() and isspace_l() functions shall  return  non-zero  if  c  is  a  white-space
       character; otherwise, they shall return 0.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       To  ensure  applications  portability,  especially  across  natural  languages, only these
       functions and the functions in the reference pages listed in the SEE ALSO  section  should
       be used for character classification.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       isalnum(),  isalpha(),  iscntrl(),  isdigit(), isgraph(), islower(), isprint(), ispunct(),
       isupper(), isxdigit(), setlocale(), uselocale()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Chapter 7, Locale, <ctype.h>, <locale.h>

COPYRIGHT

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       1003.1,  2013  Edition,  Standard  for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
       Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013  by  the
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       POSIX.1-2008 with the  2013  Technical  Corrigendum  1  applied.)  In  the  event  of  any
       discrepancy  between  this  version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the
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