# isWhitespace > Test whether a string contains only [white space][whitespace] characters.
## Usage ```javascript var isWhitespace = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-whitespace' ); ``` #### isWhitespace( value ) Tests whether a string contains only [white space][whitespace] characters. ```javascript var bool = isWhitespace( ' ' ); // returns true ```
## Notes - A [white space][whitespace] character is defined as one of the 25 characters defined as a [white space][whitespace] ("WSpace=Y","WS") character in the Unicode 9.0 character database, as well as one related [white space][whitespace] character without the Unicode character property "WSpace=Y" (zero width non-breaking space which was deprecated as of Unicode 3.2). - For non-string values, the function returns `false`.
## Examples ```javascript var isWhitespace = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-whitespace' ); var out = isWhitespace( ' ' ); // returns true out = isWhitespace( '' ); // returns false out = isWhitespace( '\\r\\n' ); // returns false out = isWhitespace( 123 ); // returns false ```