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38.Dd June 29, 1991
39.Dt ISUPPER 3
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm isupper
43.Nd upper-case character test
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Fd #include <ctype.h>
46.Ft int
47.Fn isupper "int c"
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Fn isupper
51function tests for any upper-case letter or any of an
52implementation-defined set of characters for which none of
53.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
54.Xr isdigit 3 ,
55.Xr ispunct 3 ,
56or
57.Xr isspace 3
58is true.
59In the C locale,
60.Fn isupper
61returns true only for the characters defined as upper-case letters.
62.Sh RETURN VALUES
63The
64.Fn isupper
65macro returns zero if the character tests false or
66non-zero if the character tests true.
67.Sh SEE ALSO
68.Xr isalnum 3 ,
69.Xr isalpha 3 ,
70.Xr isascii 3 ,
71.Xr isblank 3 ,
72.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
73.Xr isdigit 3 ,
74.Xr isgraph 3 ,
75.Xr islower 3 ,
76.Xr isprint 3 ,
77.Xr ispunct 3 ,
78.Xr isspace 3 ,
79.Xr isxdigit 3 ,
80.Xr stdio 3 ,
81.Xr toascii 3 ,
82.Xr tolower 3 ,
83.Xr toupper 3 ,
84.Xr ascii 7
85.Sh STANDARDS
86The
87.Xr isupper
88function conforms to
89.St -ansiC .
90.Sh CAVEATS
91The argument to
92.Fn isupper
93must be
94.Dv EOF
95or representable as an
96.Li unsigned char ;
97otherwise, the result is undefined.
98