NAME¶

std::isblank - std::isblank

Synopsis¶

Defined in header <cctype>
int isblank( int ch ); (since C++11)

Checks if the given character is a blank character as classified by the currently
installed C locale. Blank characters are whitespace characters used to separate
words within a sentence. In the default C locale, only space (0x20) and horizontal
tab (0x09) are classified as blank characters.

The behavior is undefined if the value of ch is not representable as unsigned char
and is not equal to EOF.

Parameters¶

ch - character to classify

Return value¶

Non-zero value if the character is a blank character, zero otherwise.

Notes¶

Like all other functions from <cctype>, the behavior of std::isblank is undefined if
the argument's value is neither representable as unsigned char nor equal to EOF. To
use these functions safely with plain chars (or signed chars), the argument should
first be converted to unsigned char:

bool my_isblank(char ch)
{
return std::isblank(static_cast<unsigned char>(ch));
}

Similarly, they should not be directly used with standard algorithms when the
iterator's value type is char or signed char. Instead, convert the value to unsigned
char first:

int count_blanks(const std::string& s)
{
return std::count_if(s.begin(), s.end(),
// static_cast<int(*)(int)>(std::isblank) // wrong
// [](int c){ return std::isblank(c); } // wrong
// [](char c){ return std::isblank(c); } // wrong
[](unsigned char c){ return std::isblank(c); } // correct
);
}

See also¶

isblank(std::locale) checks if a character is classified as a blank character by a
(C++11) locale
(function template)
iswblank checks if a wide character is a blank character
(C++11) (function)

ASCII values characters iscntrl isprint isspace isblank isgraph ispunct isalnum isalpha isupper islower isdigit isxdigit
decimal hexadecimal octal iswcntrl iswprint iswspace iswblank iswgraph iswpunct iswalnum iswalpha iswupper iswlower iswdigit iswxdigit 0–8 \x0–\x8 \0–\10 control codes ?? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(NUL, etc.) 9 \x9 \11 tab (\t) ?? 0 0 ?? 0 ?? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
whitespaces 10–13 \xA–\xD \12–\15 (\n, \v, \f, ?? 0 0 ?? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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QRSTUVWXYZ 91–96 \x5B–\x60 \133–\140 [\]^_` 0 ?? 0 0 0 ?? 0 ?? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97–102 \x61–\x66 \141–\146 abcdef 0 ?? 0 0 0 ?? 0 0 ?? 0 ?? 0 0 ?? 0 0 ?? 0 103–122 \x67–\x7A \147–\172 ghijklmnop 0 ?? 0 0 0 ?? 0 0 ?? 0 ?? 0 0 ?? 0 0 0
qrstuvwxyz 123–126 \x7B–\x7E \172–\176 {|}~ 0 ?? 0 0 0 ?? 0 ?? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 \x7F \177 backspace ?? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
character (DEL)