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36.\" @(#)islower.3 5.2 (Berkeley) 6/29/91
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38.Dd June 29, 1991
39.Dt ISLOWER 3
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm islower
43.Nd lower-case character test
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Fd #include <ctype.h>
46.Ft int
47.Fn islower "int c"
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Fn islower
51function tests for any lower-case letter
52.\" or any of an
53.\" implementation-defined set of characters
54for which none of
55.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
56.Xr isdigit 3 ,
57.Xr ispunct 3 ,
58or
59.Xr isspace 3
60is true.
61In the
62.Em ``C''
63locale,
64.Fn islower
65returns true only for the characters defined as lower-case letters.
66.Sh RETURN VALUES
67The
68.Fn islower
69macro returns zero if the character tests false and
70returns non-zero if the character tests true.
71.Sh SEE ALSO
72.Xr isascii 3 ,
73.Xr isalnum 3 ,
74.Xr isalpha 3 ,
75.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
76.Xr isdigit 3 ,
77.Xr isgraph 3 ,
78.Xr isprint 3 ,
79.Xr ispunct 3 ,
80.Xr isspace 3 ,
81.Xr isupper 3 ,
82.Xr isxdigit 3 ,
83.Xr toascii 3 ,
84.Xr tolower 3 ,
85.Xr toupper 3 ,
86.Xr stdio 3
87.Xr ascii 7
88.Sh STANDARDS
89The
90.Fn islower
91function conforms to
92.St -ansiC .