NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     isblank - blank-space character test

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <ctype.h>

     int
     isblank(int c);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The isblank() function tests for the standard blank-space characters.
     The standard blank-space characters are the following:

           ` '    Space character.
           \t     Horizontal tab.

     In the ``C'' locale, isblank() returns true only for the standard blankspace
 characters.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The isblank() macro returns zero if the character tests false and returns
     non-zero if the character tests true.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     isalnum(3), isalpha(3), isascii(3), iscntrl(3), isdigit(3), isgraph(3),
     islower(3), isprint(3), ispunct(3), isspace(3), isupper(3), isxdigit(3),
     stdio(3), toascii(3), tolower(3), toupper(3), ascii(7)

BSD                           September 14, 1993                           BSD