xref: /original-bsd/lib/libc/locale/islower.3 (revision ba762ddc)
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6.\"     @(#)islower.3	5.1 (Berkeley) 05/02/91
7.\"
8.Dd
9.Dt ISLOWER 3
10.Os
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm islower
13.Nd lower-case character test
14.Sh SYNOPSIS
15.Fd #include <ctype.h>
16.Ft int
17.Fn islower "int c"
18.Sh DESCRIPTION
19The
20.Fn islower
21function tests for any lower-case letter
22.\" or any of an
23.\" implementation-defined set of characters
24for which none of
25.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
26.Xr isdigit 3 ,
27.Xr ispunct 3 ,
28or
29.Xr isspace 3
30is true.
31In the
32.Em ``C''
33locale,
34.Fn islower
35returns true only for the characters defined as lower-case letters.
36.Sh RETURN VALUES
37The
38.Fn islower
39macro returns zero if the character tests false and
40returns non-zero if the character tests true.
41.Sh SEE ALSO
42.Xr isascii 3 ,
43.Xr isalnum 3 ,
44.Xr isalpha 3 ,
45.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
46.Xr isdigit 3 ,
47.Xr isgraph 3 ,
48.Xr isprint 3 ,
49.Xr ispunct 3 ,
50.Xr isspace 3 ,
51.Xr isupper 3 ,
52.Xr isxdigit 3 ,
53.Xr toascii 3 ,
54.Xr tolower 3 ,
55.Xr toupper 3 ,
56.Xr stdio 3
57.Xr ascii 7
58.Sh STANDARDS
59The
60.Fn islower
61function conforms to
62.St -ansiC .
63