isxdigit


function
<cctype> 
int isxdigit ( int c );

Check if character is hexadecimal digit

Checks if parameter c is a hexdecimal digit character.

Hexadecimal digits are any of: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f A B C D E F

For a detailed chart on what the different ctype functions return for each character of the standard ANSII character set, see the reference for the <cctype> header.

In C++, a locale-specific template version of this function (isxdigit) exists in header <locale>.

Parameters

c
Character to be checked, casted to an int, or EOF.


Return Value

A value different from zero (i.e., true) if indeed c is a hexadecimal digit. Zero (i.e., false) otherwise.

Example

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/* isxdigit example */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>
int main ()
{
  char str[]="ffff";
  long int number;
  if (isxdigit(str[0]))
  {
    number = strtol (str,NULL,16);
    printf ("The hexadecimal number %lx is %ld.\n",number,number);
  }
  return 0;
}


isxdigit is used to check if the first character in str is a valid hexadecimal digit and therefore a valid candidate to be converted by strtol into an integral value. Output:
The hexadecimal number ffff is 65535.


See also

isdigit Check if character is decimal digit (function)
isalnum Check if character is alphanumeric (function)
isalpha Check if character is alphabetic (function)