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- islower( ) function in C language checks whether given character is lower case or not. Syntax for islower( ) function is given below.
int islower( int x );
Example program for islower() function in C:
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
char ch;
printf("Enter any charactern");
scanf("%c", &ch);
if ( islower ( ch ) )
printf ( "nEntered character is lower case character") ;
else
printf("nEntered character is not lower case character");
}
Output:
| Enter any character a Entered character is lower case character |
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Other Int, Char validation functions in C language:
- All “int, char validation functions” used in C language are given below. “ctype.h” header files support all these functions in C language.
- Click on each function name below for detail description and example programs.
| S.no | Function | Description |
| 1 | isalpha() | checks whether character is alphabetic |
| 2 | isdigit() | checks whether character is digit |
| 3 | isalnum() | checks whether character is alphanumeric |
| 4 | isspace() | checks whether character is space |
| 5 | islower() | checks whether character is lower case |
| 6 | isupper() | checks whether character is upper case |
| 7 | isxdigit() | checks whether character is hexadecimal |
| 8 | iscntrl() | checks whether character is a control character |
| 9 | isprint() | checks whether character is a printable character |
| 10 | ispunct() | checks whether character is a punctuation |
| 11 | isgraph() | checks whether character is a graphical character |
| 12 | tolower() | checks whether character is alphabetic & converts to lower case |
| 13 | toupper() | checks whether character is alphabetic & converts to upper case |
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