NAME
islower - test for a lowercase letter
SYNOPSIS
#include <ctype.h>
int islower(int c);
DESCRIPTION
The islower() function shall test whether c is a character of class
lower in the program’s current locale; see the Base Definitions volume
of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Chapter 7, Locale.
The c argument is an int, the value of which the application shall
ensure is a character representable as an unsigned char or equal to the
value of the macro EOF. If the argument has any other value, the
behavior is undefined.
RETURN VALUE
The islower() function shall return non-zero if c is a lowercase
letter; otherwise, it shall return 0.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
Testing for a Lowercase Letter
The following example tests whether the value is a lowercase letter,
based on the locale of the user, then uses it as part of a key value.
#include <ctype.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <locale.h>
...
char *keystr;
int elementlen, len;
char c;
...
setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
...
len = 0;
while (len < elementlen) {
c = (char) (rand() % 256);
...
if (islower(c))
keystr[len++] = c;
}
...
APPLICATION USAGE
To ensure applications portability, especially across natural
languages, only this function and those listed in the SEE ALSO section
should be used for character classification.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
isalnum() , isalpha() , iscntrl() , isdigit() , isgraph() , isprint() ,
ispunct() , isspace() , isupper() , isxdigit() , setlocale() , the Base
Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Chapter 7, Locale,
<ctype.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online
at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .