Char.IsControl Method (Char)
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Indicates whether the specified Unicode character is categorized as a control character.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- c
- Type: System.Char
A Unicode character.
Control characters are non-printing and formatting characters, such as ACK, BEL, CR, FF, LF, and VT. The Unicode standard assigns the following code points to control characters: from \U0000 to \U001F, \U007F, and from \U0080 to \U009F. According to the Unicode standard, these values are to be interpreted as control characters unless their use is otherwise defined by an application. Valid control characters are members of the UnicodeCategory.Control category.
The following example lists the Unicode code point of each of the control characters.
Module Example Public Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock) Dim charsWritten As Integer = 0 For ctr As Integer = &H0 To &HFFFF Dim ch As Char = Convert.ToChar(ctr) If Char.IsControl(ch) Then outputBlock.Text += String.Format("\U{0:X4} ", ctr) charsWritten += 1 If (charsWritten Mod 6) = 0 Then outputBlock.Text &= vbCrLf End If End If Next End Sub End Module ' The example displays the following output: ' \U0000 \U0001 \U0002 \U0003 \U0004 \U0005 ' \U0006 \U0007 \U0008 \U0009 \U000A \U000B ' \U000C \U000D \U000E \U000F \U0010 \U0011 ' \U0012 \U0013 \U0014 \U0015 \U0016 \U0017 ' \U0018 \U0019 \U001A \U001B \U001C \U001D ' \U001E \U001F \U007F \U0080 \U0081 \U0082 ' \U0083 \U0084 \U0085 \U0086 \U0087 \U0088 ' \U0089 \U008A \U008B \U008C \U008D \U008E ' \U008F \U0090 \U0091 \U0092 \U0093 \U0094 ' \U0095 \U0096 \U0097 \U0098 \U0099 \U009A ' \U009B \U009C \U009D \U009E \U009F