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ISALPHA(3)              NetBSD Library Functions Manual             ISALPHA(3)


NAME
isalpha -- alphabetic character test
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <ctype.h> int isalpha(int c);
DESCRIPTION
The isalpha() function tests for any character for which isupper(3) or islower(3) is true and for which none of iscntrl(3), isdigit(3), ispunct(3), or isspace(3) is true. In the ``C'' locale, isalpha() returns true only for the characters for which isupper(3) or islower(3) is true.
RETURN VALUES
The isalpha() function returns zero if the character tests false and returns non-zero if the character tests true.
SEE ALSO
ctype(3), isalnum(3), isascii(3), isblank(3), iscntrl(3), isdigit(3), isgraph(3), islower(3), isprint(3), ispunct(3), isspace(3), isupper(3), isxdigit(3), stdio(3), toascii(3), tolower(3), toupper(3), ascii(7)
STANDARDS
The isalpha() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C89'').
CAVEATS
The argument to isalpha() must be EOF or representable as an unsigned char; otherwise, the behavior is undefined. See the CAVEATS section of ctype(3) for more details. NetBSD 5.2.2 April 17, 2008 NetBSD 5.2.2

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