iswalpha

 

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iswalnum iswalpha iswlower iswupper iswdigit iswxdigit iswblank (C++11) wctype iswctype	iswcntrl iswgraph iswspace iswprint iswpunct towlower towupper wctrans towctrans
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Defined in header <wctype.h>
int iswalpha( wint_t ch );

Checks if the given wide character is an alphabetic character, i.e. either an uppercase letter (ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ), a lowercase letter (abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz) or any alphabetic character specific to the current locale.

Parameters

ch

-

wide character

Return value

Non-zero value (true) if the wide character is a alphabetic character, 0 (false) otherwise.

See also

isalpha	checks if a character is alphabetic (function)
C++ documentation for iswalpha

ASCII values (hex)		characters	iscntrl iswcntrl	isprint iswprint	isspace iswspace	isblank iswblank	isgraph iswgraph	ispunct iswpunct	isalnum iswalnum	isalpha iswalpha	isupper iswupper	islower iswlower	isdigit iswdigit	isxdigit iswxdigit
0 - 8	0x00-0x08	control codes (NUL, etc.)	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	0x09	tab (\t)	≠0	0	≠0	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 - 13	0x0A-0x0D	whitespaces (\n,\v,\f,\r)	≠0	0	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14 - 31	0x0E-0x1F	control codes	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	0x20	space	0	≠0	≠0	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33 - 47	0x21-0x2F	!"#$%&'()*+,-./	0	≠0	0	0	≠0	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48 - 57	0x30-0x39	0123456789	0	≠0	0	0	≠0	0	≠0	0	0	0	≠0	≠0
58 - 64	0x3a-0x40	:;<=>?@	0	≠0	0	0	≠0	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0
65 - 70	0x41-0x46	ABCDEF	0	≠0	0	0	≠0	0	≠0	≠0	≠0	0	0	≠0
71 - 90	0x47-0x5A	GHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ	0	≠0	0	0	≠0	0	≠0	≠0	≠0	0	0	0
91 - 96	0x5B-0x60	[\]^_`	0	≠0	0	0	≠0	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0
97 -102	0x61-0x66	abcdef	0	≠0	0	0	≠0	0	≠0	≠0	0	≠0	0	≠0
103-122	0x67-0x7A	ghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz	0	≠0	0	0	≠0	0	≠0	≠0	0	≠0	0	0
123-126	0x7B-0x7E	{|}~	0	≠0	0	0	≠0	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0
127	0x7F	backspace character (DEL)	≠0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0