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34.Dd May 2, 1991
35.Dt ISASCII 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm isascii
39.Nd ASCII character test
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Fd #include <ctype.h>
42.Ft int
43.Fn isascii "int c"
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Fn isascii
47function tests for an
48.Tn ASCII
49character, which is any character with a value less than or
50equal to 0177.
51.Sh RETURN VALUES
52The
53.Fn isascii
54macro returns zero if the character tests false or
55non-zero if the character tests true.
56.Sh SEE ALSO
57.Xr isalnum 3 ,
58.Xr isalpha 3 ,
59.Xr isblank 3 ,
60.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
61.Xr isdigit 3 ,
62.Xr isgraph 3 ,
63.Xr islower 3 ,
64.Xr isprint 3 ,
65.Xr ispunct 3 ,
66.Xr isspace 3 ,
67.Xr isupper 3 ,
68.Xr isxdigit 3 ,
69.Xr stdio 3 ,
70.Xr toascii 3 ,
71.Xr tolower 3 ,
72.Xr toupper 3 ,
73.Xr ascii 7
74.Sh STANDARDS
75The
76.Fn isascii
77function conforms to
78.St -xpg4 .
79.Sh CAVEATS
80The argument to
81.Fn isascii
82must be
83.Dv EOF
84or representable as an
85.Li unsigned char ;
86otherwise, the result is undefined.
87