ISASCII(3P)                                         POSIX Programmer's Manual                                        ISASCII(3P)



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       Linux.

NAME
       isascii - test for a 7-bit US-ASCII character

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ctype.h>

       int isascii(int c);


DESCRIPTION
       The isascii() function shall test whether c is a 7-bit US-ASCII character code.

       The isascii() function is defined on all integer values.

RETURN VALUE
       The  isascii() function shall return non-zero if c is a 7-bit US-ASCII character code between 0 and octal 0177 inclusive;
       otherwise, it shall return 0.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
       None.

APPLICATION USAGE
       None.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       The Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <ctype.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003  Edition,  Standard  for
       Information  Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copy-
       right (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any
       discrepancy  between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard  is  the  referee   document.   The   original   Standard   can   be   obtained   online   at   http://www.open-
       group.org/unix/online.html .



IEEE/The Open Group                                           2003                                                   ISASCII(3P)