islower(), islower_l()

tests if character is a lowercase letter 

Function

SYNOPSIS

#include <ctype.h>

int islower(int c);

int islower_l(int c, locale_t locale);

DESCRIPTION

The islower() function tests for any character that is a lowercase letter or is one of an implementation-defined set of characters for which none of iscntrl(), isdigit(), ispunct(), or isspace() is true. In the C locale, islower() returns true only for the characters defined as lowercase letters.

The behavior of the islower() function is affected by the current locale. To modify the behavior, change the LC_CTYPE category in setlocale(), that is, setlocale(LC_CTYPE, newlocale). In the C locale or in a locale where character type information is not defined, characters are classified according to the rules of the U.S. ASCII 7-bit coded character set.

islower_l() behaves in the same way as islower() without the _l suffix, but uses the specified locale rather than the global or per-thread locale. A locale_t is returned by newlocale().

PARAMETERS

c 

Is an integer whose value is representable as an unsigned char, or the value of the macro EOF.

locale 

Is a locale_t perhaps returned by newlocale() or LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE or 0 for the current thread locale set with uselocale().

RETURN VALUES

The islower() and islower_l() functions return non-zero for true and zero for false. If the parameter is not in the domain of the function or the locale, the return result is undefined.

CONFORMANCE

ANSI/ISO 9899-1990.

MULTITHREAD SAFETY LEVEL

MT-Safe, with exceptions.

The function islower() is MT-Safe as long as no thread calls setlocale() while this function is executing.

The function islower_l() is MT-Safe as long as no thread calls freelocale() on locale while this function is executing.

PORTING ISSUES

None.

AVAILABILITY

PTC MKS Toolkit for Professional Developers
PTC MKS Toolkit for Professional Developers 64-Bit Edition
PTC MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers
PTC MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers 64-Bit Edition

SEE ALSO

Functions:
isalnum(), isalnum_l(), isalpha(), isalpha_l(), isascii(), isascii_l(), iscntrl(), iscntrl_l(), isdigit(), isdigit_l(), isgraph(), isgraph_l(), isprint(), isprint_l(), ispunct(), ispunct_l(), isspace(), isspace_l(), isupper(), isupper_l(), isxdigit(), isxdigit_l(), newlocale(), setlocale()

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