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ISBLANK(3)               BSD Library Functions Manual               ISBLANK(3)

NAME
     isblank -- space or tab character test

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <ctype.h>

     int
     isblank(int c);

DESCRIPTION
     The isblank() function tests for a space or tab character.  For any locale, this includes the following
     standard characters:

     ``\t''      `` ''

     In the "C" locale, isblank() successful test is limited to these characters only.  For single C chars
     locales (see multibyte(3)), the value of the argument is representable as an unsigned char or the value
     of EOF.

COMPATIBILITY
     The 4.4BSD extension of accepting arguments outside of the range of the unsigned char type in locales
     with large character sets is considered obsolete and may not be supported in future releases.  The
     iswblank() function should be used instead.

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

SEE ALSO
     ctype(3), isalnum_l(3), iswblank(3), multibyte(3), ascii(7)

STANDARDS
     The isblank() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (``ISO C99'').

BSD                             August 21, 2004                            BSD