NAME

ctype.h - character types

SYNOPSIS

#include <ctype.h>

DESCRIPTION

^[CX] Some of the functionality described on this reference page extends the ISO C standard. Applications shall define the appropriate feature test macro (see the System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 2.2, The Compilation Environment) to enable the visibility of these symbols in this header.

The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as macros. Function prototypes shall be provided.

int   isalnum(int);
int   isalpha(int);
[XSI]
int   isascii(int);

int   isblank(int);
int   iscntrl(int);
int   isdigit(int);
int   isgraph(int);
int   islower(int);
int   isprint(int);
int   ispunct(int);
int   isspace(int);
int   isupper(int);
int   isxdigit(int);
[XSI]
int   toascii(int);

int   tolower(int);
int   toupper(int);

The following are defined as macros:

[XSI]
int   _toupper(int);
int   _tolower(int);

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

<locale.h>, the System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, isalnum(), isalpha(), isascii(), iscntrl(), isdigit(), isgraph(), islower(), isprint(), ispunct(), isspace(), isupper(), isxdigit(), mblen(), mbstowcs(), mbtowc(), setlocale(), toascii(), tolower(), _tolower(), toupper(), _toupper(), wcstombs(), wctomb()

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 1. Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID.

Issue 6

Extensions beyond the ISO C standard are marked.