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# isWhitespace

A Boolean value indicating whether this character represents whitespace,
including newlines.

```
var isWhitespace: Bool { get }
```

## Discussion

For example, the following characters all represent whitespace:

- “\t” (U+0009 CHARACTER TABULATION)
- “ “ (U+0020 SPACE)
- U+2029 PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR
- U+3000 IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE

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