
get_chtab(+Char, -Class)

   Succeeds if the lexical class of character Char is Class.



Arguments
   Char                Integer in the range 0 to 255.
   Class               Atom giving class name or variable.

Type
   Syntax Settings

Description
   Retrieves or checks the lexical class of a given character.


   Class is unified with the current lexical character class of Char.


   Char must be an integer in the range 0 to 255 (an escaped ASCII code is
   also acceptable, eg 0'a = 98).


   The following table lists the character classes and the corresponding
   default characters:



 Class          Default member characters
---------------------------------------------------------
 upper_case     all upper case letters
 underline      _
 lower_case     all lower case letters
 digit          digits
 blank_space    space, tab and nonprintable characters
 end_of_line    newline (NL)
 atom_quote     '
 string_quote   "
 list_quote
 radix
 ascii
 solo           ! ;
 special        ( [ { ) ] } , |
 line_comment   %
 escape         \
 first_comment  /
 second_comment *
 symbol         # + - . : < = > ? @ ^ ` ~ & $
 terminator



Modes and Determinism
   get_chtab(+, -) is det

Modules
   This predicate is sensitive to its module context (tool predicate, see @/2).

Exceptions
     4 --- Char in not instantiated.
     5 --- Char is not an ASCII code.
     6 --- Char is not in the range 0 to 255.

Examples
   
Success:
   [eclipse]: get_chtab(0'a,X).

   X = lower_case
   yes.
   [eclipse]: get_chtab(60,X).

   X = symbol
   yes.
   [eclipse]:

Fail:
   get_chtab(98,symbol).
   get_chtab(98,blah).

Error
   get_chtab(X,lower_case).     (Error 4).
   get_chtab("a",X).            (Error 5).
   get_chtab(-1,X).             (Error 6).





See Also
   set_chtab / 2, read_token / 2, read_token / 3
