std::ctype::table(3)

🎀 std::ctype::table 🎀

okay so this is the std::ctype::table(3) page from the C++ Standard Libary manual — yes, that’s the manual name, typo and all, don’t come for me 😭 — and we’re about to make it make sense, bestie ✨

✨ NAME ✨

std::ctype::table — std::ctype::table

That’s literally what the NAME section says: std::ctype::table - std::ctype::table. It’s giving main character who is also the whole subtitle 💅

🌸 Synopsis 🌸

Defined in header <locale>.

Here’s the exact signature glow-up, no cap:

const mask* table() const throw();   (until C++11)
const mask* table() const noexcept;  (since C++11)

So what it does: it returns the classification table that was provided in the constructor of this instance of std::ctype<char>, or returns a copy of classic_table() if none was provided. That’s the whole vibe 💖

🎀 Parameters 🎀

• (none) — literally no parameters, bestie, we love a low-maintenance icon 🫶

💖 Return value 💖

A pointer to the first element in the classification table (which is an array of size std::ctype<char>::table_size). So yeah: it’s a pointer to the first element, and the table is an array of size std::ctype<char>::table_size. Slay ✨

🦋 Example 🦋

This section is incomplete.

Reason: no example

🌈 Category 🌈

• Todo no example

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