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33.Dd April 19, 1991
34.Dt CTYPE 3
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm isalpha ,
38.Nm isupper ,
39.Nm islower ,
40.Nm isdigit ,
41.Nm isxdigit ,
42.Nm isalnum ,
43.Nm isspace ,
44.Nm ispunct ,
45.Nm isprint ,
46.Nm isgraph ,
47.Nm iscntrl ,
48.Nm isblank ,
49.Nm isascii ,
50.Nm toupper ,
51.Nm tolower ,
52.Nm toascii
53.Nd character classification macros
54.Sh LIBRARY
55.Lb libc
56.Sh SYNOPSIS
57.In ctype.h
58.Fa int c
59.br
60.Fn isalpha c
61.Fn isupper c
62.Fn islower c
63.Fn isdigit c
64.Fn isxdigit c
65.Fn isalnum c
66.Fn isspace c
67.Fn ispunct c
68.Fn isprint c
69.Fn isgraph c
70.Fn iscntrl c
71.Fn isblank c
72.Fn isascii c
73.Fn toupper c
74.Fn tolower c
75.Fn toascii c
76.Sh DESCRIPTION
77The above macros perform character tests and conversions on the integer
78.Ar c .
79.Pp
80See the specific manual pages for more information.
81.Sh SEE ALSO
82.Xr isalnum 3 ,
83.Xr isalpha 3 ,
84.Xr isascii 3 ,
85.Xr isblank 3 ,
86.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
87.Xr isdigit 3 ,
88.Xr isgraph 3 ,
89.Xr islower 3 ,
90.Xr isprint 3 ,
91.Xr ispunct 3 ,
92.Xr isspace 3 ,
93.Xr isupper 3 ,
94.Xr isxdigit 3 ,
95.Xr toascii 3 ,
96.Xr tolower 3 ,
97.Xr toupper 3 ,
98.Xr ascii 7
99.Sh STANDARDS
100These functions, with the exception of
101.Fn isblank
102and
103.Fn toascii ,
104conform to
105.St -ansiC .
106