isalnum(), isalnum_l() -- tests if character is alphanumeric

SYNOPSIS

#include <ctype.h>

int isalnum(int c);

int isalnum_l(int c, locale_t locale);

DESCRIPTION

The isalnum() function tests for any character for which isalpha() or isdigit() is true.

The behavior of the isalnum() function is affected by the current locale. To modify the behavior, change the LC_CTYPE category in setlocale(), that is, setlocale(LC_CTYPE, new_locale). In the C locale or in a locale where character type information is not defined, characters are classified according to the rules of the U.S. ASCII 7-bit coded character set.

isalnum_l() behaves in the same way as isalnum() without the _l suffix, but uses the specified locale rather than the global or per-thread locale. A locale_t is returned by newlocale().

PARAMETERS

c: Is an integer whose value is representable as an unsigned char or the value of the macro EOF.
locale: Is a locale_t perhaps returned by newlocale() or LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE or 0 for the current thread locale set with uselocale().

RETURN VALUES

The isalnum() and isalnum_l() functions return non-zero for true and zero for false. If the parameter is not in the domain of the function or the locale is invalid, the return result is undefined.

CONFORMANCE

isalnum() confrms to ANSI/ISO 9899-1990.

MULTITHREAD SAFETY LEVEL

MT-Safe, with exceptions.

isalnum() is MT-Safe as long as no thread calls setlocale() while this function is executing.

isalnum_l() is MT-Safe as long as no thread calls freelocale() on the given locale while this function is executing.

PORTING ISSUES

None.

AVAILABILITY

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isalnum(), isalnum_l()
tests if character is alphanumeric

Function