isalpha()

NAME

isalpha() - alphabetic character test

SYNOPSIS

#include <ctype.h>

int isalpha (int c)

DESCRIPTION

In the POSIX/C locale, the isalpha(3) function tests for any character for which isupper(3) or islower(3) is true. More generally, it tests for any character for which none of iscntrl(3), isdigit(3), ispunct(3), or isspace(3) is true.

RETURN VALUES

The isalpha(3) function returns zero if the character tests false and returns non-zero if the character tests true.

SEE ALSO

isalnum(3)

isblank(3)

iscntrl(3)

isdigit(3)

isgraph(3)

islower(3)

isprint(3)

ispunct(3)

isspace(3)

isupper(3)

isxdigit(3)

tolower(3)

toupper(3)