nextwctype(3)

nextwctype3

Iterate through character classes

Usage

#include <wctype.h>

wint_t

nextwctype(wint_t ch, wctype_t wct);

Library

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

Overview

The nextwctype() function determines the next character after ch that is a member of character class wct. If ch is -1, the search begins at the first member of wct.

Return values

The nextwctype() function returns the next character, or -1 if there are no more.

Compatibility

This function is a non-standard FreeBSD extension and should not be used where the standard iswctype() function would suffice.

Releases

52 releases since FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE; the text changed 33 times.

  1. 5.3–5.5
  2. 6.0–6.3
  3. 6.4
  4. 7.0
  5. 7.1
  6. 7.2
  7. 7.3
  8. 7.4
  9. 8.0
  10. 8.1
  11. 8.2
  12. 8.3
  13. 8.4
  14. 9.0
  15. 9.1
  16. 9.2
  17. 9.3
  18. 10.0
  19. 10.1
  20. 10.2
  21. 10.3
  22. 10.4
  23. 11.0
  24. 11.1
  25. 11.2
  26. 11.3
  27. 11.4
  28. 12.0
  29. 12.1
  30. 12.2
  31. 12.3
  32. 12.4
  33. 13.0–13.2
  34. 13.3–16.0

History

The nextwctype() function appeared in FreeBSD 5.4.

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.