Char.IsWhiteSpace Method (String, Int32)
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Indicates whether the character at the specified position in a specified string is categorized as white space.
Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Shared Function IsWhiteSpace ( _
s As String, _
index As Integer _
) As Boolean
public static bool IsWhiteSpace(
string s,
int index
)
Return Value
Type: System.Boolean
true if the character at position index in s is white space; otherwise, false.
Exceptions
Exception | Condition |
---|---|
ArgumentNullException | s is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic). |
ArgumentOutOfRangeException | index is less than zero or greater than the last position in s. |
Remarks
Character positions in a string are indexed starting from zero.
White space characters are the following Unicode characters:
Members of the SpaceSeparator category, which includes the characters SPACE (U+0020), OGHAM SPACE MARK (U+1680), MONGOLIAN VOWEL SEPARATOR (U+180E), EN QUAD (U+2000), EM QUAD (U+2001), EN SPACE (U+2002), EM SPACE (U+2003), THREE-PER-EM SPACE (U+2004), FOUR-PER-EM SPACE (U+2005), SIX-PER-EM SPACE (U+2006), FIGURE SPACE (U+2007), PUNCTUATION SPACE (U+2008), THIN SPACE (U+2009), HAIR SPACE (U+200A), NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE (U+202F), MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE (U+205F), and IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE (U+3000).
Members of the LineSeparator category, which consists solely of the LINE SEPARATOR character (U+2028).
Members of the ParagraphSeparator category, which consists solely of the PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR character (U+2029).
The characters CHARACTER TABULATION (U+0009), LINE FEED (U+000A), LINE TABULATION (U+000B), FORM FEED (U+000C), CARRIAGE RETURN (U+000D), NEXT LINE (U+0085), and NO-BREAK SPACE (U+00A0).
Examples
The following example demonstrates IsWhiteSpace.
Module Example
Public Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
Dim str As String
str = "black matter"
outputBlock.Text &= Char.IsWhiteSpace("A"c) & vbCrLf ' Output: "False"
outputBlock.Text += String.Format(Char.IsWhiteSpace(str, 5)) & vbCrLf ' Output: "True"
End Sub
End Module
using System;
public class Example
{
public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
{
string str = "black matter";
outputBlock.Text += Char.IsWhiteSpace('A') + "\n"; // Output: "False"
outputBlock.Text += Char.IsWhiteSpace(str, 5) + "\n"; // Output: "True"
}
}
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.
See Also