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C Library Function - isupper()

C Standard Library - <ctype.h>

Description

The C library function int isupper(int c) checks whether the passed character is an uppercase letter.

Declaration

Here is the declaration for the isupper() function.

int isupper(int c);

Parameters

Return Value

If c is an uppercase letter, the function returns a non-zero value (true), otherwise it returns 0 (false).

Example

The following example demonstrates the use of the isupper() function.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>

int main()
{
   int var1 = 'M';
   int var2 = 'm';
   int var3 = '3';

   if( isupper(var1) )
   {
      printf("var1 = |%c| is an uppercase letter\n", var1 );
   }
   else
   {
      printf("var1 = |%c| is not an uppercase letter\n", var1 );
   }
   if( isupper(var2) )
   {
      printf("var2 = |%c| is an uppercase letter\n", var2 );
   }
   else
   {
      printf("var2 = |%c| is not an uppercase letter\n", var2 );
   }   
   if( isupper(var3) )
   {
      printf("var3 = |%c| is an uppercase letter\n", var3 );
   }
   else
   {
      printf("var3 = |%c| is not an uppercase letter\n", var3 );
   }

   return(0);
}

Let's compile and run the above program, which will produce the following result:

var1 = |M| is an uppercase letter
var2 = |m| is not an uppercase letter
var3 = |3| is not an uppercase letter

C Standard Library - <ctype.h>

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