115 lines
3.1 KiB
Groff
115 lines
3.1 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: isalpha.3,v 1.14 2008/04/17 16:25:36 apb Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" the American National Standards Committee X3, on Information
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.\" Processing Systems.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)isalpha.3 5.2 (Berkeley) 6/29/91
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.\"
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.Dd April 17, 2008
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.Dt ISALPHA 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm isalpha
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.Nd alphabetic character test
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In ctype.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn isalpha "int c"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn isalpha
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function tests for any character for which
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.Xr isupper 3
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or
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.Xr islower 3
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is true and
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.\" , or any of an implementation-defined set of characters
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for which none of
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.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
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.Xr isdigit 3 ,
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.Xr ispunct 3 ,
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or
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.Xr isspace 3
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is true.
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In the
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.Em ``C''
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locale,
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.Fn isalpha
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returns true only for the characters for which
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.Xr isupper 3
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or
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.Xr islower 3
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is true.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn isalpha
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function returns zero if the character tests false and
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returns non-zero if the character tests true.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr ctype 3 ,
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.Xr isalnum 3 ,
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.Xr isascii 3 ,
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.Xr isblank 3 ,
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.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
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.Xr isdigit 3 ,
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.Xr isgraph 3 ,
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.Xr islower 3 ,
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.Xr isprint 3 ,
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.Xr ispunct 3 ,
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.Xr isspace 3 ,
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.Xr isupper 3 ,
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.Xr isxdigit 3 ,
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.Xr stdio 3 ,
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.Xr toascii 3 ,
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.Xr tolower 3 ,
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.Xr toupper 3 ,
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.Xr ascii 7
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn isalpha
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function conforms to
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.St -ansiC .
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.Sh CAVEATS
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The argument to
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.Fn isalpha
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must be
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.Dv EOF
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or representable as an
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.Vt unsigned char ;
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otherwise, the behavior is undefined.
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See the
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.Sx CAVEATS
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section of
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.Xr ctype 3
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for more details.
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