C Library Functions -isprint()

C Standard Library - <ctype.h>

Description

C Library Functionsint isprint(int c)Checks whether the passed character is printable. Printable characters are characters that are non-control characters.

Declaration

Below is the declaration of the isprint() function.

int isprint(int c);

Parameter

  • c-- This is the character to be checked.

Return Value

If c is a printable character, the function returns a non-zero value (true); otherwise, it returns 0 (false).

Example

The following example demonstrates the usage of the isprint() function.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>

int main()
{
   int var1 = 'k';
   int var2 = '8';
   int var3 = '\t';
   int var4 = ' ';
    
   if( isprint(var1) )
   {
      printf("var1 = |%c| 是可打印的\n", var1 );
   }
   else
   {
      printf("var1 = |%c| 是不可打印的\n", var1 );
   }
   if( isprint(var2) )
   {
      printf("var2 = |%c| 是可打印的\n", var2 );
   }
   else
   {
      printf("var2 = |%c| 是不可打印的\n", var2 );
   }
   if( isprint(var3) )
   {
      printf("var3 = |%c| 是可打印的\n", var3 );
   }
   else
   {
      printf("var3 = |%c| 是不可打印的\n", var3 );
   }
   if( isprint(var4) )
   {
      printf("var4 = |%c| 是可打印的\n", var4 );
   }
   else
   {
      printf("var4 = |%c| 是不可打印的\n", var4 );
   }
   
   return(0);
}   

Let us compile and run the above program, which will produce the following result:

var1 = |k| 是可打印的
var2 = |8| 是可打印的
var3 = |    | 是不可打印的
var4 = | | 是可打印的

C Standard Library - <ctype.h>

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