netbsd man page for islower

Query: islower

OS: netbsd

Section: 3

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ISLOWER(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						ISLOWER(3)

NAME
islower -- lower-case character test
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <ctype.h> int islower(int c);
DESCRIPTION
The islower() function tests for any lower-case letter for which none of iscntrl(3), isdigit(3), ispunct(3), or isspace(3) is true. In the ``C'' locale, islower() returns true only for the characters defined as lower-case letters.
RETURN VALUES
The islower() function returns zero if the character tests false and returns non-zero if the character tests true.
SEE ALSO
ctype(3), isalnum(3), isalpha(3), isascii(3), isblank(3), iscntrl(3), isdigit(3), isgraph(3), isprint(3), ispunct(3), isspace(3), isupper(3), isxdigit(3), stdio(3), toascii(3), tolower(3), toupper(3), ascii(7)
STANDARDS
The islower() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C89'').
CAVEATS
The argument to islower() 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(3c) - sunos
ctype(3) - netbsd
isalpha(3c) - sunos
isalnum(3c) - sunos
ctype(3c) - centos
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