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diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/isalpha.3 b/lib/libc/locale/isalpha.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..689b6cd --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/locale/isalpha.3 @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the American National Standards Committee X3, on Information +.\" Processing Systems. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)isalpha.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 17, 2005 +.Dt ISALPHA 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm isalpha +.Nd alphabetic character test +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In ctype.h +.Ft int +.Fn isalpha "int c" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn isalpha +function tests for any character for which +.Xr isupper 3 +or +.Xr islower 3 +is true. +The value of the argument must be representable as an +.Vt "unsigned char" +or the value of +.Dv EOF . +.Pp +In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters +(with their numeric values shown in octal): +.Bl -column \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ +.It "\&101\ ``A'' \t102\ ``B'' \t103\ ``C'' \t104\ ``D'' \t105\ ``E''" +.It "\&106\ ``F'' \t107\ ``G'' \t110\ ``H'' \t111\ ``I'' \t112\ ``J''" +.It "\&113\ ``K'' \t114\ ``L'' \t115\ ``M'' \t116\ ``N'' \t117\ ``O''" +.It "\&120\ ``P'' \t121\ ``Q'' \t122\ ``R'' \t123\ ``S'' \t124\ ``T''" +.It "\&125\ ``U'' \t126\ ``V'' \t127\ ``W'' \t130\ ``X'' \t131\ ``Y''" +.It "\&132\ ``Z'' \t141\ ``a'' \t142\ ``b'' \t143\ ``c'' \t144\ ``d''" +.It "\&145\ ``e'' \t146\ ``f'' \t147\ ``g'' \t150\ ``h'' \t151\ ``i''" +.It "\&152\ ``j'' \t153\ ``k'' \t154\ ``l'' \t155\ ``m'' \t156\ ``n''" +.It "\&157\ ``o'' \t160\ ``p'' \t161\ ``q'' \t162\ ``r'' \t163\ ``s''" +.It "\&164\ ``t'' \t165\ ``u'' \t166\ ``v'' \t167\ ``w'' \t170\ ``x''" +.It "\&171\ ``y'' \t172\ ``z''" +.El +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn isalpha +function returns zero if the character tests false and +returns non-zero if the character tests true. +.Sh COMPATIBILITY +The +.Bx 4.4 +extension of accepting arguments outside of the range of the +.Vt "unsigned char" +type in locales with large character sets is considered obsolete +and may not be supported in future releases. +The +.Fn iswalpha +function should be used instead. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ctype 3 , +.Xr islower 3 , +.Xr isupper 3 , +.Xr iswalpha 3 , +.Xr ascii 7 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn isalpha +function conforms to +.St -isoC . |