netbsd man page for isalpha

Query: isalpha

OS: netbsd

Section: 3

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ISALPHA(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						ISALPHA(3)

NAME
isalpha -- alphabetic character test
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <ctype.h> int isalpha(int c);
DESCRIPTION
The isalpha() function tests for any character for which isupper(3) or islower(3) is true and for which none of iscntrl(3), isdigit(3), ispunct(3), or isspace(3) is true. In the ``C'' locale, isalpha() returns true only for the characters for which isupper(3) or islower(3) is true.
RETURN VALUES
The isalpha() function returns zero if the character tests false and returns non-zero if the character tests true.
SEE ALSO
ctype(3), isalnum(3), isascii(3), isblank(3), iscntrl(3), isdigit(3), isgraph(3), islower(3), isprint(3), ispunct(3), isspace(3), isupper(3), isxdigit(3), stdio(3), toascii(3), tolower(3), toupper(3), ascii(7)
STANDARDS
The isalpha() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C89'').
CAVEATS
The argument to isalpha() must be EOF or representable as an unsigned char; otherwise, the behavior is undefined. See the CAVEATS section of ctype(3) for more details.
BSD
April 17, 2008 BSD
Related Man Pages
ctype(3) - mojave
isblank(3) - redhat
isdigit(3) - redhat
isprint(3) - redhat
ispunct(3) - redhat
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