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34.\"     @(#)isprint.3	5.2 (Berkeley) 6/29/91
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36.Dd June 29, 1991
37.Dt ISPRINT 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm isprint
41.Nd printing character test (space character inclusive)
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libc
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In ctype.h
46.Ft int
47.Fn isprint "int c"
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Fn isprint
51function tests for any printing character including space (' ').
52.Sh RETURN VALUES
53The
54.Fn isprint
55macro returns zero if the character tests false and
56returns non-zero if the character tests true.
57.Sh SEE ALSO
58.Xr isalnum 3 ,
59.Xr isalpha 3 ,
60.Xr isascii 3 ,
61.Xr isblank 3 ,
62.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
63.Xr isdigit 3 ,
64.Xr isgraph 3 ,
65.Xr islower 3 ,
66.Xr ispunct 3 ,
67.Xr isspace 3 ,
68.Xr isupper 3 ,
69.Xr isxdigit 3 ,
70.Xr stdio 3 ,
71.Xr toascii 3 ,
72.Xr tolower 3 ,
73.Xr toupper 3 ,
74.Xr ascii 7
75.Sh STANDARDS
76The
77.Fn isprint
78function conforms to
79.St -ansiC .
80.Sh CAVEATS
81The argument to
82.Fn isprint
83must be
84.Dv EOF
85or representable as an
86.Li unsigned char ;
87otherwise, the result is undefined.
88