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8 Unicode character classification and properties <unictype.h>

This include file declares functions that classify Unicode characters and that test whether Unicode characters have specific properties.

The classification assigns a “general category” to every Unicode character. This is similar to the classification provided by ISO C in <wctype.h>.

Properties are the data that guides various text processing algorithms in the presence of specific Unicode characters.

• General category
• Canonical combining class
• Bidi class
• Decimal digit value
• Digit value
• Numeric value
• Mirrored character
• Arabic shaping
• Properties
• Other attributes
• Scripts
• Blocks
• ISO C and Java syntax
• Classifications like in ISO C