The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7
IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition
Copyright © 2001-2013 The IEEE and The Open Group

#### NAME

> isalpha, isalpha_l - test for an alphabetic character

#### SYNOPSIS

> ``#include <ctype.h>
> int isalpha(int` c`);
> ``

> ``[CX] int isalpha_l(int` c`, locale_t` locale`);``
> `
> `

#### DESCRIPTION

> For isalpha(): [CX] The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2008 defers to the ISO C standard.

> The isalpha() [CX] and isalpha_l() functions shall test whether c is a character of class alpha in the current locale, [CX] or in the locale represented by locale, respectively; see XBD Locale.

> The c argument is an int, the value of which the application shall ensure is representable as an unsigned char or equal to the value of the macro EOF. If the argument has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

> [CX] The behavior is undefined if the locale argument to isalpha_l() is the special locale object LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE or is not a valid locale object handle.

#### RETURN VALUE

> The isalpha() [CX] and isalpha_l() functions shall return non-zero if c is an alphabetic character; otherwise, they shall return 0.

#### ERRORS

> No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.

#### EXAMPLES

> None.

#### APPLICATION USAGE

> To ensure applications portability, especially across natural languages, only these functions and the functions in the reference pages listed in the SEE ALSO section should be used for character classification.

#### RATIONALE

> None.

#### FUTURE DIRECTIONS

> None.

#### SEE ALSO

> isalnum, isblank, iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace, isupper, isxdigit, setlocale, uselocale

> XBD Locale, <ctype.h>, <locale.h>, <stdio.h>

#### CHANGE HISTORY

> First released in Issue 1. Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID.

#### Issue 6

> The normative text is updated to avoid use of the term "must" for application requirements.

#### Issue 7

> The isalpha_l() function is added from The Open Group Technical Standard, 2006, Extended API Set Part 4.

> POSIX.1-2008, Technical Corrigendum 1, XSH/TC1-2008/0277 [302], XSH/TC1-2008/0278 [283], and XSH/TC1-2008/0279 [283] are applied.

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