Lexical Class function

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Type	Function
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The Lexical Class function returns the class number for char. If char is a string, this function uses the first character in the string. If char is a number, this function interprets it as the ASCII value of a character.

Usage

The class number is a number that corresponds to the lexical class. Refer to the ASCII Codes table for the numbers that correspond to each character.

Class Number	Lexical Class
0	Extended characters (codes 128 through 255)
1	Non-displayable ASCII characters (codes 0 to 31 excluding 9 through 13)
2	White space characters: Space, Tab, Carriage Return, Form Feed, Newline, and Vertical Tab (codes 32, 9, 13, 12, 10, and 11, respectively)
3	Digits 0 through 9
4	Uppercase characters A through Z
5	Lowercase characters a through z
6	All printable ASCII non-alphanumeric characters

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