islower in c – islower C Library Function

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islower function checks whether a character is lowercase alphabet(a-z) or not.

Function prototype of islower

int islower(int c);

Function islower takes a character as input in form of an integer. When we pass a value of data type char to islower function, corresponding ASCII value of that character is passed.

Return value of islower

islower in c: If passed character is a lowercase character, then islower function returns non-zero(true) integer otherwise 0(false).

C program using islower function

The following program is to check whether a character is lowercase alphabet or not.

islower C Library Function

#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <conio.h>
 
int main(){
    char string[] = "Aa.1";
    int index = 0;
     
    while(string[index] != '\0'){
        if(islower(string[index])){
            printf("'%c' is a lowercase character\n",
                string[index]);
        } else {
            printf("'%c' is not a lowercase character\n",
                string[index]);
        }
        index++;
    }
     
    getch();
    return 0;
}

Output

'A' is not a lowercase character
'a' is a lowercase character
'.' is not a lowercase character
'1' is not a lowercase character