iswalpha
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Defined in header <wctype.h>
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int iswalpha( wint_t ch ); |
(since C95) | |
Checks if the given wide character is an alphabetic character, i.e. either an uppercase letter (ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
), a lowercase letter (abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
) or any alphabetic character specific to the current locale.
Parameters
ch | - | wide character |
Return value
Non-zero value if the wide character is a alphabetic character, zero otherwise.
Notes
ISO 30112 specifies which Unicode characters are include in POSIX alpha category.
Example
Run this code
#include <stdio.h> #include <wchar.h> #include <wctype.h> #include <locale.h> int main(void) { wchar_t c = L'\u0b83'; // Tamil sign Visarga ('ஃ') printf("in the default locale, iswalpha(%#x) = %d\n", c, !!iswalpha(c)); setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US.utf8"); printf("in Unicode locale, iswalpha(%#x) = %d\n", c, !!iswalpha(c)); }
Output:
in the default locale, iswalpha(0xb83) = 0 in Unicode locale, iswalpha(0xb83) = 1
References
- C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
- 7.30.2.1.2 The iswalpha function (p: 448-449)
- C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):
- 7.25.2.1.2 The iswalpha function (p: 394-395)
See also
checks if a character is alphabetic (function) |
ASCII values | characters |
isalpha |
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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
|
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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GHIJKLMNOP QRSTUVWXYZ
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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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ghijklmnop qrstuvwxyz
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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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\172 –\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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