update from Mike Karels at BSDI

[unix-history] / usr / src / lib / libc / locale / isalnum.3

.\" Copyright (c) 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
.\" the American National Standards Committee X3, on Information
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.\"     @(#)isalnum.3	5.4 (Berkeley) %G%
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.Dd 
.Dt ISALNUM 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm isalnum
.Nd alphanumeric character test
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <ctype.h>
.Ft int
.Fn isalnum "int c";
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn isalnum
function tests for any character for which 
.Xr isalpha 3
or
.Xr isdigit 3
is true.
In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters:
.sp
.Bl -column \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__
.It \&060\ ``0'' \t061\ ``1'' \t062\ ``2'' \t063\ ``3'' \t064\ ``4''
.It \&065\ ``5'' \t066\ ``6'' \t067\ ``7'' \t070\ ``8'' \t071\ ``9''
.It \&101\ ``A'' \t102\ ``B'' \t103\ ``C'' \t104\ ``D'' \t105\ ``E''
.It \&106\ ``F'' \t107\ ``G'' \t110\ ``H'' \t111\ ``I'' \t112\ ``J''
.It \&113\ ``K'' \t114\ ``L'' \t115\ ``M'' \t116\ ``N'' \t117\ ``O''
.It \&120\ ``P'' \t121\ ``Q'' \t122\ ``R'' \t123\ ``S'' \t124\ ``T''
.It \&125\ ``U'' \t126\ ``V'' \t127\ ``W'' \t130\ ``X'' \t131\ ``Y''
.It \&132\ ``Z'' \t141\ ``a'' \t142\ ``b'' \t143\ ``c'' \t144\ ``d''
.It \&145\ ``e'' \t146\ ``f'' \t147\ ``g'' \t150\ ``h'' \t151\ ``i''
.It \&152\ ``j'' \t153\ ``k'' \t154\ ``l'' \t155\ ``m'' \t156\ ``n''
.It \&157\ ``o'' \t160\ ``p'' \t161\ ``q'' \t162\ ``r'' \t163\ ``s''
.It \&164\ ``t'' \t165\ ``u'' \t166\ ``v'' \t167\ ``w'' \t170\ ``x''
.It \&171\ ``y'' \t172\ ``z''
.El
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn isalnum
function returns zero if the character tests false and
returns non-zero if the character tests true.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ctype 3 ,
.Xr ascii 7
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn isalnum
function conforms to
.St -ansiC .