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.Dd April 17, 2008
.Dt ISBLANK 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm isblank
.Nd blank-space character test
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In ctype.h
.Ft int
.Fn isblank "int c"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn isblank
function tests for the standard blank-space characters.
The standard blank-space characters are the following:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width xxxxx -offset indent -compact
.It Sq \0
Space character.
.It Li \et
Horizontal tab.
.El
.Pp
In the
.Em ``C''
locale,
.Fn isblank
returns true only for the standard blank-space characters.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn isblank
function returns zero if the character tests false and
returns non-zero if the character tests true.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ctype 3 ,
.Xr isalnum 3 ,
.Xr isalpha 3 ,
.Xr isascii 3 ,
.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
.Xr isdigit 3 ,
.Xr isgraph 3 ,
.Xr islower 3 ,
.Xr isprint 3 ,
.Xr ispunct 3 ,
.Xr isspace 3 ,
.Xr isupper 3 ,
.Xr isxdigit 3 ,
.Xr stdio 3 ,
.Xr toascii 3 ,
.Xr tolower 3 ,
.Xr toupper 3 ,
.Xr ascii 7
.Sh CAVEATS
The argument to
.Fn isblank
must be
.Dv EOF
or representable as an
.Vt unsigned char ;
otherwise, the behavior is undefined.
See the
.Sx CAVEATS
section of
.Xr ctype 3
for more details.