isalnum
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| Defined in header <ctype.h>
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| int isalnum( int ch ); |
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Checks if the given character is an alphanumeric character as classified by the current C locale. In the default locale, the following characters are alphanumeric:
- Digits (
0123456789), - Uppercase letters (
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ), - Lowercase letters (
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz).
The behavior is undefined if the value of ch is not representable as unsigned char and is not equal to EOF.
Parameters
| ch | - | character to classify |
Return value
Non-zero value if the character is an alphanumeric character, 0 otherwise.
Example
Demonstrates the use of isalnum with different locales (OS-specific).
Run this code
#include <ctype.h> #include <locale.h> #include <stdio.h> int main(void) { unsigned char c = '\xdf'; // German letter ß in ISO-8859-1 printf("isalnum('\\xdf') in default C locale returned %d\n", !!isalnum(c)); if (setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "de_DE.iso88591")) printf("isalnum('\\xdf') in ISO-8859-1 locale returned %d\n", !!isalnum(c)); }
Possible output:
isalnum('\xdf') in default C locale returned 0
isalnum('\xdf') in ISO-8859-1 locale returned 1References
- C23 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2024):
- 7.4.1.1 The isalnum function (p: TBD)
- C17 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2018):
- 7.4.1.1 The isalnum function (p: 145)
- C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
- 7.4.1.1 The isalnum function (p: 200)
- C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):
- 7.4.1.1 The isalnum function (p: 181)
- C89/C90 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1990):
- 4.3.1.1 The isalnum function
See also
| (C95) |
checks if a wide character is alphanumeric (function) |
| C++ documentation for isalnum
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| ASCII values | characters |
isalnum |
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| decimal | hexadecimal | octal | |||||||||||||
| 0–8 | \x0–\x8
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\0–\10
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control codes (NUL, etc.)
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| 9 | \x9
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\11
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tab (\t)
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| 10–13 | \xA–\xD
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\12–\15
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whitespaces (\n, \v, \f, \r)
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| 14–31 | \xE–\x1F
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\16–\37
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control codes | ≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| 32 | \x20
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\40
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space | 0
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≠0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| 33–47 | \x21–\x2F
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\41–\57
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!"#$%&'()*+,-./
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| 48–57 | \x30–\x39
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\60–\71
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0123456789
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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| 58–64 | \x3A–\x40
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\72–\100
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:;<=>?@
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| 65–70 | \x41–\x46
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\101–\106
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ABCDEF
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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| 71–90 | \x47–\x5A
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\107–\132
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GHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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| 91–96 | \x5B–\x60
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\133–\140
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[\]^_`
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| 97–102 | \x61–\x66
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\141–\146
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abcdef
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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| 103–122 | \x67–\x7A
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\147–\172
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ghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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| 123–126 | \x7B–\x7E
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\173–\176
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{|}~
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0
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≠0
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0
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0
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≠0
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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| 127 | \x7F
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\177
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backspace character (DEL)
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≠0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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