xref: /original-bsd/lib/libc/locale/islower.3 (revision 71eaf591)
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10.\"     @(#)islower.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 06/04/93
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12.Dd
13.Dt ISLOWER 3
14.Os
15.Sh NAME
16.Nm islower
17.Nd lower-case character test
18.Sh SYNOPSIS
19.Fd #include <ctype.h>
20.Ft int
21.Fn islower "int c";
22.Sh DESCRIPTION
23The
24.Fn islower
25function tests for any lower-case letters.
26In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters:
27.sp
28.Bl -column \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__
29.It \&141\ ``a'' \t142\ ``b'' \t143\ ``c'' \t144\ ``d'' \t145\ ``e''
30.It \&146\ ``f'' \t147\ ``g'' \t150\ ``h'' \t151\ ``i'' \t152\ ``j''
31.It \&153\ ``k'' \t154\ ``l'' \t155\ ``m'' \t156\ ``n'' \t157\ ``o''
32.It \&160\ ``p'' \t161\ ``q'' \t162\ ``r'' \t163\ ``s'' \t164\ ``t''
33.It \&165\ ``u'' \t166\ ``v'' \t167\ ``w'' \t170\ ``x'' \t171\ ``y''
34.It \&172\ ``z''
35.El
36.Sh RETURN VALUES
37The
38.Fn islower
39function returns zero if the character tests false and
40returns non-zero if the character tests true.
41.Sh SEE ALSO
42.Xr ctype 3 ,
43.Xr ascii 7
44.Sh STANDARDS
45The
46.Fn islower
47function conforms to
48.St -ansiC .
49