NAME

       iswalpha - test for alphabetic wide character

SYNOPSIS

       #include <wctype.h>

       int iswalpha(wint_t wc);

DESCRIPTION

       The iswalpha() function is the wide-character equivalent of the isalpha(3) function.  It tests whether wc
       is a wide character belonging to the wide-character class "alpha".

       The  wide-character class "alpha" is a subclass of the wide-character class "alnum", and therefore also a
       subclass of the wide-character class "graph" and of the wide-character class "print".

       Being a subclass of the wide-character class "print", the wide-character class "alpha" is  disjoint  from
       the wide-character class "cntrl".

       Being  a  subclass of the wide-character class "graph", the wide-character class "alpha" is disjoint from
       the wide-character class "space" and its subclass "blank".

       Being a subclass of the wide-character class "alnum", the wide-character class "alpha" is  disjoint  from
       the wide-character class "punct".

       The wide-character class "alpha" is disjoint from the wide-character class "digit".

       The wide-character class "alpha" contains the wide-character classes "upper" and "lower".

       The wide-character class "alpha" always contains at least the letters 'A' to 'Z' and 'a' to 'z'.

RETURN VALUE

       The  iswalpha()  function returns nonzero if wc is a wide character belonging to the wide-character class
       "alpha".  Otherwise, it returns zero.

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
       ┌────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐
       │ Interface  │ Attribute     │ Value          │
       ├────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤
       │ iswalpha() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │
       └────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘

CONFORMING TO

       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.

NOTES

       The behavior of iswalpha() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.

SEE ALSO

       isalpha(3), iswctype(3)

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GNU                                                2015-08-08                                        ISWALPHA(3)