std::ctype_base

 

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has_facet use_facet	locale
Facet category base classes
ctype_base codecvt_base messages_base	time_base money_base
ctype facets
ctype ctype<char> ctype_byname	codecvt codecvt_byname
numeric facets
num_get num_put	numpunct numpunct_byname
collate facets
collate	collate_byname
time facets
time_get time_put	time_get_byname time_put_byname
monetary facets
money_get money_put	moneypunct moneypunct_byname
messages facets
messages	messages_byname

Character classification and conversion
Character classification
isspace isblank (C++11) iscntrl	isupper islower isalpha	ispunct isdigit isxdigit	isalnum isprint isgraph

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toupper

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codecvt_utf8 (C++11/17/26*)

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codecvt_utf8_utf16 (C++11/17/26*)

codecvt_mode (C++11/17/26*)

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LC_ALLLC_COLLATELC_CTYPELC_MONETARYLC_NUMERICLC_TIME	setlocale localeconv lconv

 

Defined in header <locale>
class ctype_base;

The class std::ctype_base lists the character classification categories which are inherited by the std::ctype facets.

Member types

mask	unspecified BitmaskType (enumeration, integer type, or bitset) (typedef)

Member constants

space [static]	the value of mask identifying whitespace character classification (public static member constant)
print [static]	the value of mask identifying printable character classification (public static member constant)
cntrl [static]	the value of mask identifying control character classification (public static member constant)
upper [static]	the value of mask identifying uppercase character classification (public static member constant)
lower [static]	the value of mask identifying lowercase character classification (public static member constant)
alpha [static]	the value of mask identifying alphabetic character classification (public static member constant)
digit [static]	the value of mask identifying digit character classification (public static member constant)
punct [static]	the value of mask identifying punctuation character classification (public static member constant)
xdigit [static]	the value of mask identifying hexadecimal digit character classification (public static member constant)
blank [static] (C++11)	the value of mask identifying blank character classification (public static member constant)
alnum [static]	alpha | digit (public static member constant)
graph [static]	alnum | punct (public static member constant)

See also

ctype	defines character classification tables (class template)
ctype<char>	specialization of std::ctype for type char (class template specialization)
ctype_byname	represents the system-supplied std::ctype for the named locale (class template)