# std::ctype<char>::is

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< cpp‎ | locale‎ | ctype char

Defined in header `<locale>` |  |
bool is( mask m, char c ) const; | (1) |
const char* is( const char* low, const char* high, mask* vec ) const; | (2) |

1) Checks if the character c is classified by the mask m according to the classification table returned by the member function table(). Effectively calculates table()[(unsigned char)c] & m.
2) For every character in the character array `[low, high)`, reads its full classification mask from the classification table returned by the member function table() (that is, evaluates table()[(unsigned char)*p] and stores it in the corresponding element of the array pointed to by vec.

If (unsigned char)c >= std::ctype<char>::table_size, then an implementation-defined value is substituted instead of table()[(unsigned char)c], possibly different for different values of c.

### Parameters

c | - | character to classify
m | - | mask to use for classifying a single character
low | - | pointer to the first character in an array of characters to classify
high | - | one past the end pointer for the array of characters to classify
vec | - | pointer to the first element of the array of masks to fill

### Return value

1) true if c is classified by m in table(), false otherwise
2) high

### Notes

Unlike the primary template std::ctype, this specialization does not perform a virtual function call when classifying characters. To customize the behavior, a derived class may provide a non-default classification table to the base class constructor.

### Example

| This section is incomplete Reason: no example

### Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR | Applied to | Behavior as published | Correct behavior
--- | --- | --- | ---
LWG 28 | C++98 | overload (2) copied the values from vec into table(), which is the reverse of the intended behavior | corrected

### See also

do_is [virtual] | classifies a character or a character sequence (virtual protected member function of `std::ctype<CharT>`)

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