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Compaq C
Run-Time Library Reference Manual for OpenVMS Systems


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islower

Indicates if a character is classed as a lowercase character in the program's current locale.

Format

#include <ctype.h>

int islower (int character);


Argument

character

An object of type int . The value of character must be representable as an unsigned char or must equal the value of the macro EOF. If it has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

Return Values

nonzero If a lowercase alphabetic character.
0 If not a lowercase alphabetic character.

isprint

Indicates if a character is classed as a printing character in the program's current locale.

Format

#include <ctype.h>

int isprint (int character);


Argument

character

An object of type int . The value of character must be representable as an unsigned char or must equal the value of the macro EOF. If it has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

Return Values

nonzero If a printing character.
0 If not a printing character.

ispunct

Indicates if a character is classed as a punctuation character in the program's current locale.

Format

#include <ctype.h>

int ispunct (int character);


Argument

character

An object of type int . The value of character must be representable as an unsigned char or must equal the value of the macro EOF. If it has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

Return Values

nonzero If a punctuation character.
0 If not a punctuation character.

isspace

Indicates if a character is classed as white space in the program's current locale; that is, if it is an ASCII space, tab (horizontal or vertical), carriage-return, form-feed, or new-line character.

Format

#include <ctype.h>

int isspace (int character);


Argument

character

An object of type int . The value of character must be representable as an unsigned char or must equal the value of the macro EOF. If it has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

Return Values

nonzero If a white-space character.
0 If not a white-space character.

isupper

Indicates if a character is classed as an uppercase character in the program's current locale.

Format

#include <ctype.h>

int isupper (int character);


Argument

character

An object of type int . The value of character must be representable as an unsigned char or must equal the value of the macro EOF. If it has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

Return Values

nonzero If an uppercase alphabetic character.
0 If not an uppercase alphabetic character.

iswalnum

Indicates if a wide character is classed either as alphabetic or as a digit in the program's current locale.

Format

#include <wctype.h> (ISO C)

#include <wchar.h> (XPG4)

int iswalnum (wint_t wc);


Arguments

wc

An object of type wint_t . The value of character must be representable as a wchar_t in the current locale, or must equal the value of the macro WEOF. If it has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

Return Values

nonzero If alphanumeric.
0 If not alphanumeric.

iswalpha

Indicates if a wide character is classed as an alphabetic character in the program's current locale.

Format

#include <wctype.h> (ISO C)

#include <wchar.h> (XPG4)

int iswalpha (wint_t wc);


Arguments

wc

An object of type wint_t . The value of wc must be representable as a wchar_t in the current locale, or must equal the value of the macro WEOF. If it has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

Return Values

nonzero If alphabetic.
0 If not alphabetic.

iswcntrl

Indicates if a wide character is classed as a control character in the program's current locale.

Format

#include <wctype.h> (ISO C)

#include <wchar.h> (XPG4)

int iswcntrl (wint_t wc);


Arguments

wc

An object of type wint_t . The value of wc must be representable as a wchar_t in the current locale, or must equal the value of the macro WEOF. If it has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

Return Values

nonzero If a control character.
0 If not a control character.

iswctype

Indicates if a wide character has a specified property.

Format

#include <wctype.h> (ISO C)

#include <wchar.h> (XPG4)

int iswctype (wint_t wc, wctype_t wc_prop);


Arguments

wc

An object of type wint_t . The value of wc must be representable as a valid wide-character code in the current locale, or must equal the value of the macro WEOF. If it has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

wc_prop

A valid property name in the current locale. This is set up by calling the wctype function.

Description

This function tests whether wc has the character-class property wc_prop. Set wc_prop by calling the wctype function.

See also wctype in this section.


Return Values

nonzero If the character has the property wc_prop.
0 If the character does not have the property wc_prop.

Example


#include <locale.h> 
#include <wchar.h> 
#include <stdio.h> 
#include <stdlib.h> 
#include <string.h>                                        
#include <ctype.h> 
 
/* This test will set up the "upper" character class using      */ 
/* wctype() and then verify whether the characters 'a' and 'A'  */ 
/* are members of this class                                    */ 
 
#include <stdlib.h> 
 
main() 
{ 
 
    wchar_t w_char1, 
            w_char2; 
    wctype_t ret_val; 
 
    char *char1 = "a"; 
    char *char2 = "A"; 
 
    ret_val = wctype("upper"); 
 
    /* Convert char1 to wide-character format - w_char1 */ 
 
    if (mbtowc(&w_char1, char1, 1) == -1) { 
       perror("mbtowc"); 
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE); 
    } 
 
    if (iswctype((wint_t) w_char1, ret_val)) 
        printf("[%C] is a member of the character class upper\n", 
                w_char1); 
    else 
        printf("[%C] is not a member of the character class upper\n", 
                w_char1); 
 
    /* Convert char2 to wide-character format - w_char2 */ 
 
    if (mbtowc(&w_char2, char2, 1) == -1) { 
        perror("mbtowc"); 
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE); 
    } 
 
    if (iswctype((wint_t) w_char2, ret_val)) 
        printf("[%C] is a member of the character class upper\n", 
                w_char2); 
    else 
        printf("[%C] is not a member of the character class upper\n", 
                w_char2); 
} 

Running the example program produces the following result:


[a] is not a member of the character class upper 
[A] is a member of the character class upper 


iswdigit

Indicates if a wide character is classed as a digit in the program's current locale.

Format

#include <wctype.h> (ISO C)

#include <wchar.h> (XPG4)

int iswdigit (wint_t wc);


Arguments

wc

An object of type wint_t . The value of wc must be representable as a wchar_t in the current locale, or must equal the value of the macro WEOF. If it has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

Return Values

nonzero If a decimal digit.
0 If not a decimal digit.

iswgraph

Indicates if a wide character is classed as a graphic character in the program's current locale.

Format

#include <wctype.h> (ISO C)

#include <wchar.h> (XPG4)

int iswgraph (wint_t wc);


Arguments

wc

An object of type wint_t . The value of wc must be representable as a wchar_t in the current locale, or must equal the value of the macro WEOF. If it has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

Return Values

nonzero If a graphic character.
0 If not a graphic character.

iswlower

Indicates if a wide character is classed as a lowercase character in the program's current locale.

Format

#include <wctype.h> (ISO C)

#include <wchar.h> (XPG4)

int iswlower (wint_t wc);


Arguments

wc

An object of type wint_t . The value of wc must be representable as a wchar_t in the current locale, or must equal the value of the macro WEOF. If it has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

Return Values

nonzero If a lowercase character.
0 If not a lowercase character.

iswprint

Indicates if a wide character is classed as a printing character in the program's current locale.

Format

#include <wctype.h> (ISO C)

#include <wchar.h> (XPG4)

int iswprint (wint_t wc);


Arguments

wc

An object of type wint_t . The value of wc must be representable as a wchar_t in the current locale, or must equal the value of the macro WEOF. If it has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

Return Values

nonzero If a printing character.
0 If not a printing character.

iswpunct

Indicates if a wide character is classed as a punctuation character in the program's current locale.

Format

#include <wctype.h> (ISO C)

#include <wchar.h> (XPG4)

int iswpunct (wint_t wc);


Arguments

wc

An object of type wint_t . The value of wc must be representable as a wchar_t in the current locale, or must equal the value of the macro WEOF. If it has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

Return Values

nonzero If a punctuation character.
0 If not a punctuation character.

iswspace

Indicates if a wide character is classed as a space character in the program's current locale.

Format

#include <wctype.h> (ISO C)

#include <wchar.h> (XPG4)

int iswspace (wint_t wc);


Arguments

wc

An object of type wint_t . The value of wc must be representable as a wchar_t in the current locale, or must equal the value of the macro WEOF. If it has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

Return Values

nonzero If a whitespace character.
0 If not a whitespace character.

iswupper

Indicates if a wide character is classed as an uppercase character in the program's current locale.

Format

#include <wctype.h> (ISO C)

#include <wchar.h> (XPG4)

int iswupper (wint_t wc);


Arguments

wc

An object of type wint_t . The value of wc must be representable as a wchar_t in the current locale, or must equal the value of the macro WEOF. If it has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

Return Values

nonzero If an uppercase character.
0 If not an uppercase character.

iswxdigit

Indicates if a wide character is a hexadecimal digit (0 to 9, A to F, or a to f) in the program's current locale.

Format

#include <wctype.h> (ISO C)

#include <wchar.h> (XPG4)

int iswxdigit (wint_t wc);


Arguments

wc

An object of type wint_t . The value of wc must be representable as a wchar_t in the current locale, or must equal the value of the macro WEOF. If it has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

Return Values

nonzero If a hexadecimal digit.
0 If not a hexadecimal digit.

isxdigit

Indicates if a character is a hexadecimal digit (0 to 9, A to F, or a to f) in the program's current locale.

Format

#include <ctype.h>

int isxdigit (int character);


Argument

character

An object of type int . The value of character must be representable as an unsigned char in the current locale, or must equal the value of the macro EOF. If it has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

Return Values

nonzero If a hexadecimal digit.
0 If not a hexadecimal digit.

jrand48

Generate uniformly distributed pseudorandom number sequences. Returns 48-bit signed, long integers.

Format

#include <stdlib.h>

long int jrand48 (unsigned short int xsubi[3]);


Arguments

xsubi

An array of three short int that form a 48-bit integer when concatentated together.

Description

This function generates pseudorandom numbers using the linear congruential algorithm and 48-bit integer arithmetic.

The function returns signed long integers uniformly distributed over the range of y values, such that -231 <= y < 231 .

The function works by generating a sequence of 48-bit integer values, Xi, according to the linear congruential formula:


       Xn+1 = (aXn+c)mod m        n >= 0 

The argument m equals 248 , so 48-bit integer arithmetic is performed. Unless you invoke the lcong48 function, the multiplier value a and the addend value c are:


      a = 5DEECE66D16 = 2736731631558
      c = B16 = 138

The jrand48 function requires that the calling program pass an array as the xsubi argument, which for the first call must be initialized to the initial value of the pseudorandom number sequence. Unlike the drand48 function, it is not necessary to call an initialization function prior to the first call.

By using different arguments, jrand48 allows separate modules of a large program to generate several independent sequences of pseudorandom numbers. For example, the sequence of numbers that one module generates does not depend upon how many times the function is called by other modules.


Return Values

n Signed, long integers uniformly distributed over the range -2 31 <= y < 2 31 .

kill

Sends a signal to the process specified by a process ID.

Format

#include <signal.h>

int kill (int pid, int sig);


Arguments

pid

The process ID.

sig

The signal code.

Description

This function sends a signal to a process, as if the process had called raise . If the signal is not trapped or ignored by the target program, the program exits.

OpenVMS VAX and Alpha implement different rules about what process you are allowed to send signals to. A program always has privileges to send a signal to a child started with vfork / exec . For other processes, the results are determined by the OpenVMS security model for your system.

Because of an OpenVMS restriction, the kill function cannot deliver a signal to a target process that runs an image installed with privileges.

Unless you have system privileges, the sending and receiving processes must have the same user identification code (UIC).

On OpenVMS systems before Version 7.0, kill treats a signal value of 0 as if SIGKILL were specified.

For OpenVMS Version 7.0 and higher systems, if you include <stdlib.h> and compile with the _POSIX_EXIT feature-test macro set, then:


Return Values

0 Indicates that kill was successfully queued.
--1 Indicates errors. The receiving process may have a different UIC and you are not a system user, or the receiving process does not exist.


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