islower()

tests if character is a lowercase letter 

Function


SYNOPSIS

#include <ctype.h>

int islower(int c);


DESCRIPTION

The islower() function tests for any character that is a lowercase letter or is one of an implementation-defined set of characters for which none of iscntrl(), isdigit(), ispunct(), or isspace() is true. In the C locale, islower() returns true only for the characters defined as lowercase letters.

The behavior of the islower() function is affected by the current locale. To modify the behavior, change the LC_CTYPE category in setlocale(), that is, setlocale(LC_CTYPE, newlocale). In the C locale or in a locale where character type information is not defined, characters are classified according to the rules of the U.S. ASCII 7-bit coded character set.


PARAMETERS

c 

Is an integer whose value is representable as an unsigned char, or the value of the macro EOF.


RETURN VALUES

The islower() function returns non-zero for true and zero for false. If the parameter is not in the domain of the function, the return result is undefined.


CONFORMANCE

ANSI/ISO 9899-1990.


MULTITHREAD SAFETY LEVEL

MT-Safe, with exceptions.

This function is MT-Safe as long as no thread calls setlocale() while this function is executing.


PORTING ISSUES

None.


AVAILABILITY

MKS Toolkit for Professional Developers
MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers
MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers 64-Bit Edition


SEE ALSO

Functions:
isalnum(), isalpha(), isascii(), iscntrl(), isdigit(), isgraph(), isprint(), ispunct(), isspace(), isupper(), isxdigit(), setlocale()


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