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isalpha - Test for letter

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Definition

#include <ctype.h>

int isalpha(int c);

isalpha checks whether the character c is a letter (A-Z, a-z).

Return val.

!= 0

0

c is a letter.

c is not a letter.

Note

isalpha is implemented both as a macro and as a function (see section “Functions and macros”).

Example

#include <ctype.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
  int c;
  while((c = getchar()) != EOF)
     printf("%s : %c\n", ((isalpha(c)) ? "Letter" : "Other"), c);
  return 0;
} 

See also

isalnum, isascii, iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, ispunct, isprint, isspace, isupper, isxdigit,
isebcdic, iswalpha