Query: isalpha
OS: netbsd
Section: 3
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ISALPHA(3) BSD Library Functions Manual ISALPHA(3)NAMEisalpha -- alphabetic character testLIBRARYStandard C Library (libc, -lc)SYNOPSIS#include <ctype.h> int isalpha(int c);DESCRIPTIONThe 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 VALUESThe isalpha() function returns zero if the character tests false and returns non-zero if the character tests true.SEE ALSOctype(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)STANDARDSThe isalpha() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C89'').CAVEATSThe 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.BSDApril 17, 2008 BSD
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