std::ctype<char>
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| Defined in header <locale>
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| template<> class ctype<char>; |
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This specialization of std::ctype encapsulates character classification features for type char. Unlike general-purpose std::ctype, which uses virtual functions, this specialization uses table lookup to classify characters (which is generally faster).
The base class std::ctype<char> implements character classification equivalent to the minimal "C" locale. The classification rules can be extended or modified if constructed with a non-default classification table argument, if constructed as std::ctype_byname<char> or as a user-defined derived facet. All std::istream formatted input functions are required to use std::ctype<char> for character classing during input parsing.
Inheritance diagram
Member types
| Member type | Definition |
char_type
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char |
Member functions
| constructs a new ctype<char> facet (public member function) | |
| destructs a ctype<char> facet (protected member function) | |
| obtains the character classification table (public member function) | |
| [static] |
obtains the "C" locale character classification table (public static member function) |
| classifies a character or a character sequence, using the classification table (public member function) | |
| locates the first character in a sequence that conforms to given classification, using the classification table (public member function) | |
| locates the first character in a sequence that fails given classification, using the classification table (public member function) | |
invokes do_toupper (public member function of std::ctype<CharT>) | |
invokes do_tolower (public member function of std::ctype<CharT>) | |
invokes do_widen (public member function of std::ctype<CharT>) | |
invokes do_narrow (public member function of std::ctype<CharT>) |
Protected member functions
| [virtual] |
converts a character or characters to uppercase (virtual protected member function of std::ctype<CharT>) |
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converts a character or characters to lowercase (virtual protected member function of std::ctype<CharT>) |
| [virtual] |
converts a character or characters from char to CharT (virtual protected member function of std::ctype<CharT>) |
| [virtual] |
converts a character or characters from CharT to char (virtual protected member function of std::ctype<CharT>) |
Member objects
| static std::locale::id id [static] |
id of the locale (public static member constant) |
| static const std::size_t table_size [static] |
size of the classification table, at least 256 (public static member constant) |
Inherited from std::ctype_base
Member types
| Type | Definition |
mask
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unspecified bitmask type (enumeration, integer type, or bitset) |
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) |
Example
The following example demonstrates modification of ctype<char> to tokenize comma-separated values:
Run this code
#include <cstddef> #include <iostream> #include <locale> #include <sstream> #include <vector> // This ctype facet classifies commas and endlines as whitespace struct csv_whitespace : std::ctype<char> { static const mask* make_table() { // make a copy of the "C" locale table static std::vector<mask> v(classic_table(), classic_table() + table_size); v[','] |= space; // comma will be classified as whitespace v[' '] &= ~space; // space will not be classified as whitespace return &v[0]; } csv_whitespace(std::size_t refs = 0) : ctype(make_table(), false, refs) {} }; int main() { std::string in = "Column 1,Column 2,Column 3\n123,456,789"; std::string token; std::cout << "Default locale:\n"; std::istringstream s1(in); while (s1 >> token) std::cout << " " << token << '\n'; std::cout << "Locale with modified ctype:\n"; std::istringstream s2(in); s2.imbue(std::locale(s2.getloc(), new csv_whitespace)); while (s2 >> token) std::cout << " " << token << '\n'; }
Output:
Default locale: Column 1,Column 2,Column 3 123,456,789 Locale with modified ctype: Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 123 456 789
Defect reports
The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.
| DR | Applied to | Behavior as published | Correct behavior |
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| LWG 695 | C++98 | table() and classic_table() were protected member functions
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made them public |
See also
| defines character classification tables (class template) | |
| defines character classification categories (class) | |
| represents the system-supplied std::ctype for the named locale (class template) |