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iscntrl - test for control character

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Syntax

#include <ctype.h>

int iscntrl(int c);

Description iscntrl() whether the character c is a control character. Control characters are

non-printable characters, e.g. for printer control.

In all cases, the argument c is an int, the value of which must be representable as an
unsigned char or must equal the value of the macro EOF. If the argument c has any other
value, the behavior is undefined.

Return val.

!= 0

0

Control character

Not a control character

Notes

iscntrl() is implemented both as a function and as a macro. To generate a function call,
the definition of the macro name must be first undefined (#undef iscntrl).

The behavior of iscntrl() is determined by the class cntrl of the current locale. The
current locale is the C locale, unless it was explicitly changed using setlocale().

See also

isalnum(), isalpha(), isdigit(), isgraph(), islower(), isprint(), ispunct(),
isspace(), isupper(), isxdigit(), setlocale(), ctype.h.