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Standard C++ Library Copyright 1996, Rogue Wave Software, Inc. NAME ctype, ctype<char> - A facet that provides character classification facilities. (The description for ctype<char>, a specialization of ctype, follows the ctype description.) SYNOPSIS #include <locale> class ctype_base; template <class charT> class ctype; SPECIALIZATION class ctype<char>; DESCRIPTION ctype<charT> is the character classification facet. This facet provides facilities for classifying characters and performing simple conversions. ctype<charT> provides conversions for upper to lower and lower to upper case. The facet also provides conversions between charT, and char. ctype<charT> relies on ctype_base for a set of masks that identify the various classes of characters. These classes are: space print cntrl upper lower alpha digit punct xdigit alnum graph The masks are passed to member functions of ctype in order to obtain verify the classifications of a character or range of characters. INTERFACE class ctype_base { public: enum mask { space, print, cntrl, upper, lower, alpha, digit, punct, xdigit, alnum=alpha|digit, graph=alnum|punct }; }; template <class charT> class ctype : public locale::facet, public ctype_base { public: typedef charT char_type; explicit ctype(size_t); bool is(mask, charT) const; const charT* is(const charT*, const charT*, mask*) const; const charT* scan_is(mask, const charT*, const charT*) const; const charT* scan_not(mask, const charT*, const charT*) const; charT toupper(charT) const; const charT* toupper(charT*, const charT*) const; charT tolower(charT) const; const charT* tolower(charT*, const charT*) const; charT widen(char) const; const char* widen(const char*, const char*, charT*) const; char narrow(charT, char) const; const charT* narrow(const charT*, const charT*, char, char*) const; static locale::id id; protected: ~ctype(); // virtual virtual bool do_is(mask, charT) const; virtual const charT* do_is(const charT*, const charT*, mask*) const; virtual const charT* do_scan_is(mask, const charT*, const charT*) const; virtual const charT* do_scan_not(mask, const charT*, const charT*) const; virtual charT do_toupper(charT) const; virtual const charT* do_toupper(charT*, const charT*) const; virtual charT do_tolower(charT) const; virtual const charT* do_tolower(charT*, const charT*) const; virtual charT do_widen(char) const; virtual const char* do_widen(const char*, const char*, charT*) const; virtual char do_narrow(charT, char) const; virtual const charT* do_narrow(const charT*, const charT*, char, char*) const; }; TYPE char_type Type of character the facet is instantiated on. CONSTRUCTOR AND DESTRUCTOR explicit ctype(size_t refs = 0) Construct a ctype facet. If the refs argument is 0 then destruction of the object is delegated to the locale, or locales, containing it. This allows the user to ignore lifetime management issues. On the other had, if refs is 1 then the object must be explicitly deleted; the locale will not do so. In this case, the object can be maintained across the lifetime of multiple locales. ~ctype(); // virtual and protected Destroy the facet. PUBLIC MEMBER FUNCTIONS The public members of the ctype facet provide an interface to protected members. Each public member xxx has a corresponding virtual protected member do_xxx. All work is delagated to these protected members. For instance, the public widen function simply calls its protected cousin do_widen. bool is(mask m, charT c) const; const charT* is(const charT* low, const charT* high, mask* vec) const; Returns do_is(m,c) or do_is(low,high,vec). char narrow(charT c, char dfault) const; const charT* narrow(const charT* low, const charT*, char dfault, char* to) const; Returns do_narrow(c,dfault) or do_narrow(low,high,dfault,to). const charT* scan_is(mask m, const charT*, const charT* high) const; Returns do_scan_is(m,low,high). const charT* scan_not(mask m, const charT* low, const charT* high) const; Returns do_scan_not(m,low,high). charT tolower(charT c) const; const charT* tolower(charT* low, const charT* high) const; Returns do_tolower(c) or do_tolower(low,high). charT toupper(charT) const; const charT* toupper(charT* low, const charT* high) const; Returns do_toupper(c) or do_toupper(low,high). charT widen(char c) const; const char* widen(const char* low, const char* high, charT* to) const; Returns do_widen(c) or do_widen(low,high,to). FACET ID static locale::id id; Unique identifier for this type of facet. PROTECTED MEMBER FUNCTIONS virtual bool do_is(mask m, charT c) const; Returns true if c matches the classification indicated by the mask m, where m is one of the values available from ctype_base. For instance, the following call returns true since 'a' is an alphabetic character: ctype<char>().is(ctype_base::alpha,'a'); See ctype_base for a description of the masks. virtual const charT* do_is(const charT* low, const charT* high, mask* vec) const; Fills vec with every mask from ctype_base that applies to the range of characters indicated by [low,high). See ctype_base for a description of the masks. For instance, after the following call v would contain {alpha, lower, print,alnum ,graph}: char a[] = "abcde"; ctype_base::mask v[12]; ctype<char>().is(a,a+5,v); This function returns high. virtual char do_narrow(charT, char dfault) const; Returns the appropriate char representation for c, if such exists. Otherwise do_narrow returns dfault. virtual const charT* do_narrow(const charT* low, const charT* high, char dfault, char* dest) const; Converts each character in the range [low,high) to its char representation, if such exists. If a char representation is not available then the character will be converted to dfault. Returns high. virtual const charT* do_scan_is(mask m, const charT* low, const charT* high) const; Finds the first character in the range [low,high) that matches the classification indicated by the mask m. virtual const charT* do_scan_not(mask m, const charT* low, const charT* high) const; Finds the first character in the range [low,high) that does not match the classification indicated by the mask m. virtual charT do_tolower(charT) const; Returns the lower case representation of c, if such exists, otherwise returns c; virtual const charT* do_tolower(charT* low, const charT* high) const; Converts each character in the range [low,high) to its lower case representation, if such exists. If a lower case representation does not exist then the character is not changed. Returns high. virtual charT do_toupper(charT c) const; Returns the upper case representation of c, if such exists, otherwise returns c; virtual const charT* do_toupper(charT* low, const charT* high) const; Converts each character in the range [low,high) to its upper case representation, if such exists. If an upper case representation does not exist then the character is not changed. Returns high. virtual charT do_widen(char c) const; Returns the appropriate charT representation for c. virtual const char* do_widen(const char* low, const char* high,charT* dest) const; Converts each character in the range [low,high) to its charT representation. Returns high. EXAMPLE // // ctype.cpp // #include <iostream> int main () { using namespace std; locale loc; string s1("blues Power"); // Get a reference to the ctype<char> facet const ctype<char>& ct = #ifndef _RWSTD_NO_TEMPLATE_ON_RETURN_TYPE use_facet<ctype<char> >(loc); #else use_facet(loc,(ctype<char>*)0); #endif // Check the classification of the 'a' character cout << ct.is(ctype_base::alpha,'a') << endl; cout << ct.is(ctype_base::punct,'a') << endl; // Scan for the first upper case character cout << (char)*(ct.scan_is(ctype_base::upper, s1.begin(),s1.end())) << endl; // Convert characters to upper case ct.toupper(s1.begin(),s1.end()); cout << s1 << endl; return 0; } SEE ALSO locale, facets, collate, ctype<char>, ctype_byname NAME ctype<char> - A specialization of the ctype facet. SYNOPSIS #include <locale> class ctype<char>; DESCRIPTION This specialization of the ctype<charT> template provides inline versions of ctype's member functions. The facet provides the same public interface, and uses the same set of masks, as the ctype template. INTERFACE template <> class ctype<char> : public locale::facet, public ctype_base { public: typedef char char_type; explicit ctype(const mask* = 0, bool = false, size_t = 0); bool is(mask, char) const; const charT* is(const char*, const char*, mask*) const; const charT* scan_is(mask, const char*, const char*) const; const charT* scan_not(mask, const char*, const char*) const; charT toupper(char) const; const charT* toupper(char*, const charT*) const; charT tolower(char) const; const charT* tolower(char*, const char*) const; charT widen(char) const; const char* widen(const char*, const char*, char*) const; char narrow(char, char) const; const charT* narrow(const char*, const char*, char, char*) const; static locale::id id; static const size_t table_size = 256; protected: const mask* table() const throw(); static const mask* classic_table() throw(); ~ctype(); // virtual virtual charT do_toupper(charT) const; virtual const charT* do_toupper(charT*, const charT*) const; virtual charT do_tolower(charT) const; virtual const charT* do_tolower(charT*, const charT*) const; }; TYPE char_type Type of character the facet is instantiated on. CONSTRUCTORS AND DESTRUCTORS explicit ctype(const mask* tbl = 0, bool del = false, size_t refs = 0) Construct a ctype facet. The three parameters set up the following conditions: + The tbl argument must be either 0 or an array of at least table_size elements. If tbl is non zero then the supplied table will be used for character classification. + If tbl is non zero, and del is true then the tbl array will be deleted by the destructor, so the calling program need not concern itself with the lifetime of the facet. + If the refs argument is 0 then destruction of the object itself is delegated to the locale, or locales, containing it. This allows the user to ignore lifetime management issues. On the other had, if refs is 1 then the object must be explicitly deleted; the locale will not do so. In this case, the object can be maintained across the lifetime of multiple locales. ~ctype(); // virtual and protected Destroy the facet. If the constructor was called with a non-zero tbl argumentand a true del argument, then the array supplied by the tbl argument will be deleted PUBLIC MEMBER FUNCTIONS The public members of the ctype<char> facet specialization do not all serve the same purpose as the functions in the template. In many cases these functions implement functionality, rather than just forwarding a call to a protected implementation function. static const mask* classic_table() throw(); Returns a pointer to a table_size character array that represents the classifications of characters in the "C" locale. bool is(mask m, charT c) const; Determines if the character c has the classification indicated by the mask m. Returns table()[(unsigned char)c] & m. const charT* is(const charT* low, const charT* high, mask* vec) const; Fills vec with every mask from ctype_base that applies to the range of characters indicated by [low,high). See ctype_base for a description of the masks. For instance, after the following call v would contain {alpha, lower, print,,alnum ,graph}: char a[] = "abcde"; ctype_base::mask v[12]; ctype<char>().do_is(a,a+5,v); This function returns high. char narrow(charT c, char dfault) const; Returns c. const charT* narrow(const charT* low, const charT*, char dfault, char* to) const; Performs ::memcpy(to,low,high-low). Returns high. const charT* scan_is(mask m, const charT*, const charT* high) const; Finds the first character in the range [low,high) that matches the classification indicated by the mask m. The classification is matched by checking for table()[(unsigned char) p] & m, where p is in the range [low,high). Returns the first p that matches, or high if none do. const charT* scan_not(mask m, const charT* low, const charT* high) const; Finds the first character in the range [low,high) that does not match the classification indicated by the mask m. The classification is matched by checking for !(table()[(unsigned char) p] & m), where p is in the range [low,high). Returns the first p that matches, or high if none do. const mask* table() const throw(); If the tbl argument that was passed to the constructor was non-zero, then this function returns that argument, otherwise it returns classic_table(). charT tolower(charT c) const; const charT* tolower(charT* low, const charT* high) const; Returns do_tolower(c) or do_tolower(low,high). charT toupper(charT) const; const charT* toupper(charT* low, const charT* high) const; Returns do_toupper(c) or do_toupper(low,high). charT widen(char c) const; Returns c. const char* widen(const char* low, const char* high, charT* to) const; Performs ::memcpy(to,low,high-low. Returns high. FACET ID static locale::id id; Unique identifier for this type of facet. PROTECTED MEMBER FUNCTIONS virtual charT do_tolower(charT) const; Returns the lower case representation of c, if such exists, otherwise returns c; virtual const charT* do_tolower(charT* low, const charT* high) const; Converts each character in the range [low,high) to its lower case representation, if such exists. If a lower case representation does not exist then the character is not changed. Returns high. virtual charT do_toupper(charT c) const; Returns the upper case representation of c, if such exists, otherwise returns c; virtual const charT* do_toupper(charT* low, const charT* high) const; Converts each character in the range [low,high) to its upper case representation, if such exists. If an upper case representation does not exist then the character is not changed. Returns high. SEE ALSO locale, facets, collate, ctype<char>, ctype_byname STANDARDS CONFORMANCE ANSI X3J16/ISO WG21 Joint C++ Committee
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