islower, iswlower, _islower_l, _iswlower_l

Determines if a particular character is in lower case.

int islower(
   int c 
);
int iswlower(
   wint_t c 
);
int islower_l(
   int c,
   _locale_t locale
);
int _iswlower_l(
   wint_t c,
   _locale_t locale
);

Parameters

• c
  Integer to test.

• locale
  Locale to use.

Return Value

Each of these routines returns nonzero if c is a particular representation of a lowercase character. islower returns a nonzero value if c is a lowercase character (a – z). iswlower returns a nonzero value if c is a wide character that corresponds to a lowercase letter, or if c is one of an implementation-defined set of wide characters for which none of iswcntrl, iswdigit, iswpunct, or iswspace is nonzero. Each of these routines returns 0 if c does not satisfy the test condition.

When used with a debug CRT library, islower will display a CRT assert if passed a parameter that is not EOF or in the range of 0 through 0xFF. When used with a debug CRT library, islower will use the parameter as an index into an array, with undefined results if the parameter is not EOF or in the range of 0 through 0xFF.

The versions of these functions with the _l suffix are identical except that they use the locale passed in instead of the current locale for their locale-dependent behavior. For more information, see Locale.

Generic-Text Routine Mappings

TCHAR.H routine	_UNICODE & _MBCS not defined	_MBCS defined	_UNICODE defined
_istlower	islower	_ismbclower	iswlower
_istlower_l	_islower _l	_ismbclower_l	_liswlower_l

Requirements

Routine	Required header
islower	<ctype.h>
iswlower	<ctype.h> or <wchar.h>
_islower_l	<ctype.h>
_swlower_l	<ctype.h> or <wchar.h>

For additional compatibility information, see Compatibility in the Introduction.

.NET Framework Equivalent

System::Char::IsLower

See Also

Concepts

Character Classification

Locale

is, isw Routines