isWhitespace.adoc

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title: "isWhitespace()" categories: [ "Functions" ] subCategories: [ "Characters" ] ---

isWhitespace(thisChar)

Description

Analyse if a char is a white space, that is space, formfeed ('\f'), newline ('\n'), carriage return ('\r'), horizontal tab ('\t'), and vertical tab ('\v')). Returns true if thisChar contains a white space.

Syntax

`isWhitespace(thisChar)`

Parameters

thisChar: variable. Allowed data types: char

Returns

true: if thisChar is a white space.

Example Code

if (isWhitespace(this))      // tests if this is a white space
{
	Serial.println("The character is a white space");
}
else
{
	Serial.println("The character is not a white space");
}

See also

• LANGUAGE char

• LANGUAGE if (conditional operators)

• LANGUAGE while (conditional operators)

• LANGUAGE read()