NAME

isalpha — test for an alphabetic character

SYNOPSIS

#include <ctype.h>

int isalpha(int c);

DESCRIPTION

The isalpha() function tests whether c is a character of class alpha in the program's current locale, see the XBD specification, Locale .

In all cases c is an int, the value of which must be representable as an unsigned char or must equal the value of the macro EOF. If the argument has any other value, the behaviour is undefined.

RETURN VALUE

The isalpha() function returns non-zero if c is an alphabetic character; otherwise it returns 0.

ERRORS

No errors are defined.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

To ensure application portability, especially across natural languages, only this function and those listed in the SEE ALSO section should be used for character classification.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

isalnum(3) , iscntrl(3) , isdigit(3) , isgraph(3) , islower(3) , isprint(3) , ispunct(3) , isspace(3) , isupper(3) , isxdigit(3) , setlocale(3) , <ctype.h> , <stdio.h> , the XBD specification, Locale .

DERIVATION

Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID.