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Character.IsLowerCase Method

Definition

Overloads

IsLowerCase(Char)

Determines if the specified character is a lowercase character.

IsLowerCase(Int32)

Determines if the specified character (Unicode code point) is a lowercase character.

IsLowerCase(Char)

Determines if the specified character is a lowercase character.

[Android.Runtime.Register("isLowerCase", "(C)Z", "")]
public static bool IsLowerCase (char ch);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("isLowerCase", "(C)Z", "")>]
static member IsLowerCase : char -> bool

Parameters

ch
Char

the character to be tested.

Returns

true if the character is lowercase; false otherwise.

Attributes

Remarks

Determines if the specified character is a lowercase character.

A character is lowercase if its general category type, provided by Character.getType(ch), is LOWERCASE_LETTER, or it has contributory property Other_Lowercase as defined by the Unicode Standard.

The following are examples of lowercase characters: <blockquote>

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
            '&#92;u00DF' '&#92;u00E0' '&#92;u00E1' '&#92;u00E2' '&#92;u00E3' '&#92;u00E4' '&#92;u00E5' '&#92;u00E6'
            '&#92;u00E7' '&#92;u00E8' '&#92;u00E9' '&#92;u00EA' '&#92;u00EB' '&#92;u00EC' '&#92;u00ED' '&#92;u00EE'
            '&#92;u00EF' '&#92;u00F0' '&#92;u00F1' '&#92;u00F2' '&#92;u00F3' '&#92;u00F4' '&#92;u00F5' '&#92;u00F6'
            '&#92;u00F8' '&#92;u00F9' '&#92;u00FA' '&#92;u00FB' '&#92;u00FC' '&#92;u00FD' '&#92;u00FE' '&#92;u00FF'

</blockquote>

Many other Unicode characters are lowercase too.

<b>Note:</b> This method cannot handle supplementary characters. To support all Unicode characters, including supplementary characters, use the #isLowerCase(int) method.

Java documentation for java.lang.Character.isLowerCase(char).

Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.

Applies to

IsLowerCase(Int32)

Determines if the specified character (Unicode code point) is a lowercase character.

[Android.Runtime.Register("isLowerCase", "(I)Z", "")]
public static bool IsLowerCase (int codePoint);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("isLowerCase", "(I)Z", "")>]
static member IsLowerCase : int -> bool

Parameters

codePoint
Int32

the character (Unicode code point) to be tested.

Returns

true if the character is lowercase; false otherwise.

Attributes

Remarks

Determines if the specified character (Unicode code point) is a lowercase character.

A character is lowercase if its general category type, provided by Character#getType getType(codePoint), is LOWERCASE_LETTER, or it has contributory property Other_Lowercase as defined by the Unicode Standard.

The following are examples of lowercase characters: <blockquote>

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
            '&#92;u00DF' '&#92;u00E0' '&#92;u00E1' '&#92;u00E2' '&#92;u00E3' '&#92;u00E4' '&#92;u00E5' '&#92;u00E6'
            '&#92;u00E7' '&#92;u00E8' '&#92;u00E9' '&#92;u00EA' '&#92;u00EB' '&#92;u00EC' '&#92;u00ED' '&#92;u00EE'
            '&#92;u00EF' '&#92;u00F0' '&#92;u00F1' '&#92;u00F2' '&#92;u00F3' '&#92;u00F4' '&#92;u00F5' '&#92;u00F6'
            '&#92;u00F8' '&#92;u00F9' '&#92;u00FA' '&#92;u00FB' '&#92;u00FC' '&#92;u00FD' '&#92;u00FE' '&#92;u00FF'

</blockquote>

Many other Unicode characters are lowercase too.

Added in 1.5.

Java documentation for java.lang.Character.isLowerCase(int).

Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.

Applies to