ctype-base-class.md

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Learn more about: ctype_base Class	ctype_base Class	11/04/2016	locale/std::ctype_base	ctype_base class	ccffe891-d7ab-4d22-baf8-8eb6d438a96d

ctype_base Class

The class serves as a base class for facets of class template ctype. A base class for the ctype class that is used to define enumeration types used to classify or test characters either individually or within entire ranges.

Syntax

struct ctype_base : public locale::facet
{
    enum
    {
        alnum,
        alpha,
        cntrl,
        digit,
        graph,
        lower,
        print,
        punct,
        space,
        upper,
        xdigit
    };
    typedef short mask;

    ctype_base( size_t _Refs = 0 );
    ~ctype_base();
};

Remarks

It defines an enumeration mask. Each enumeration constant characterizes a different way to classify characters, as defined by the functions with similar names declared in the header <ctype.h>. The constants are:

• space (function isspace)

• print (function isprint)

• cntrl (function iscntrl)

• upper (function isupper)

• lower (function islower)

• digit (function isdigit)

• punct (function ispunct)

• xdigit (function isxdigit)

• alpha (function isalpha)

• alnum (function isalnum)

• graph (function isgraph)

You can characterize a combination of classifications by a bitwise OR of these constants. In particular, it's always true that alnum == ( alpha | digit ) and graph == ( alnum | punct ).

Requirements

Header: <locale>

Namespace: std

See also

Thread Safety in the C++ Standard Library