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10.\"     @(#)islower.3	5.2 (Berkeley) 06/29/91
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12.Dd
13.Dt ISLOWER 3
14.Os
15.Sh NAME
16.Nm islower
17.Nd lower-case character test
18.Sh SYNOPSIS
19.Fd #include <ctype.h>
20.Ft int
21.Fn islower "int c"
22.Sh DESCRIPTION
23The
24.Fn islower
25function tests for any lower-case letter
26.\" or any of an
27.\" implementation-defined set of characters
28for which none of
29.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
30.Xr isdigit 3 ,
31.Xr ispunct 3 ,
32or
33.Xr isspace 3
34is true.
35In the
36.Em ``C''
37locale,
38.Fn islower
39returns true only for the characters defined as lower-case letters.
40.Sh RETURN VALUES
41The
42.Fn islower
43macro returns zero if the character tests false and
44returns non-zero if the character tests true.
45.Sh SEE ALSO
46.Xr isascii 3 ,
47.Xr isalnum 3 ,
48.Xr isalpha 3 ,
49.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
50.Xr isdigit 3 ,
51.Xr isgraph 3 ,
52.Xr isprint 3 ,
53.Xr ispunct 3 ,
54.Xr isspace 3 ,
55.Xr isupper 3 ,
56.Xr isxdigit 3 ,
57.Xr toascii 3 ,
58.Xr tolower 3 ,
59.Xr toupper 3 ,
60.Xr stdio 3
61.Xr ascii 7
62.Sh STANDARDS
63The
64.Fn islower
65function conforms to
66.St -ansiC .
67