iswlower(3) Library Functions Manual iswlower(3)
NAME
iswlower - test for lowercase wide character
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <wctype.h>
int iswlower(wint_t wc);
DESCRIPTION
The iswlower() function is the wide-character equivalent of the is-
lower(3) function. It tests whether wc is a wide character belonging
to the wide-character class "lower".
The wide-character class "lower" is a subclass of the wide-character
class "alpha", and therefore also a subclass of the wide-character
class "alnum", of the wide-character class "graph" and of the wide-
character class "print".
Being a subclass of the wide-character class "print", the wide-charac-
ter class "lower" is disjoint from the wide-character class "cntrl".
Being a subclass of the wide-character class "graph", the wide-charac-
ter class "lower" is disjoint from the wide-character class "space" and
its subclass "blank".
Being a subclass of the wide-character class "alnum", the wide-charac-
ter class "lower" is disjoint from the wide-character class "punct".
Being a subclass of the wide-character class "alpha", the wide-charac-
ter class "lower" is disjoint from the wide-character class "digit".
The wide-character class "lower" contains at least those characters wc
which are equal to towlower(wc) and different from towupper(wc).
The wide-character class "lower" always contains at least the letters
'a' to 'z'.
RETURN VALUE
The iswlower() function returns nonzero if wc is a wide character be-
longing to the wide-character class "lower". Otherwise, it returns
zero.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attrib-
utes(7).
┌────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤
│ iswlower() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │
└────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘
STANDARDS
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001, C99.
NOTES
The behavior of iswlower() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the cur-
rent locale.
This function is not very appropriate for dealing with Unicode charac-
ters, because Unicode knows about three cases: upper, lower, and title
case.
SEE ALSO
islower(3), iswctype(3), towlower(3)
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