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NAME

isalnum, isalpha, isascii, isblank, iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace, isupper, isxdigit - character classification routines

SYNOPSIS

 #include <ctype.h>
 
 int isalnum(int c);
 

 int isalpha(int c);
 

 int isascii(int c);
 

 int isblank(int c);
 

 int iscntrl(int c);
 

 int isdigit(int c);
 

 int isgraph(int c);
 

 int islower(int c);
 

 int isprint(int c);
 

 int ispunct(int c);
 

 int isspace(int c);
 

 int isupper(int c);
 

 int isxdigit(int c);

Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

isascii(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE
isblank(): _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE; or cc -std=c99

DESCRIPTION

These functions check whether c, which must have the value of an unsigned char or EOF, falls into a certain character class according to the current locale.
isalnum()
checks for an alphanumeric character; it is equivalent to (isalpha(c) || isdigit(c)).
isalpha()
checks for an alphabetic character; in the standard "C" locale, it is equivalent to (isupper(c) || islower(c)). In some locales, there may be additional characters for which isalpha() is true---letters which are neither upper case nor lower case.
isascii()
checks whether c is a 7-bit unsigned char value that fits into the ASCII character set.
isblank()
checks for a blank character; that is, a space or a tab.
iscntrl()
checks for a control character.
isdigit()
checks for a digit (0 through 9).
isgraph()
checks for any printable character except space.
islower()
checks for a lower-case character.
isprint()
checks for any printable character including space.
ispunct()
checks for any printable character which is not a space or an alphanumeric character.
isspace()
checks for white-space characters. In the C and POSIX locales, these are: space, form-feed ('\f'), newline ('\n'), carriage return ('\r'), horizontal tab ('\t'), and vertical tab ('\v').
isupper()
checks for an uppercase letter.
isxdigit()
checks for a hexadecimal digits, that is, one of
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f A B C D E F.

RETURN VALUE

The values returned are non-zero if the character c falls into the tested class, and a zero value if not.

CONFORMING TO

C99, 4.3BSD. C89 specifies all of these functions except isascii() and isblank(). isascii() is a BSD extension and is also an SVr4 extension. isblank() conforms to POSIX.1-2001 and C99 7.4.1.3.

NOTES

The details of what characters belong into which class depend on the current locale. For example, isupper() will not recognize an A-umlaut (Ä) as an uppercase letter in the default C locale.

SEE ALSO

iswalnum(3), iswalpha(3), iswblank(3), iswcntrl(3), iswdigit(3), iswgraph(3), iswlower(3), iswprint(3), iswpunct(3), iswspace(3), iswupper(3), iswxdigit(3), setlocale(3), tolower(3), toupper(3), ascii(7), locale(7)