isupper, _isupper_l, iswupper, _iswupper_l

Determines whether an integer represents an uppercase character.

Syntax

int isupper(
   int c
);
int _isupper_l (
   int c,
   _locale_t locale
);
int iswupper(
   wint_t c
);
int _iwsupper_l(
   wint_t c,
   _locale_t locale
);

Parameters

c
Integer to test.

locale
Locale to use.

Return value

Each of these routines returns nonzero if c is a particular representation of an uppercase letter. isupper returns a nonzero value if c is an uppercase character (A - Z). iswupper returns a nonzero value if c is a wide character that corresponds to an uppercase letter, or if c is one of an implementation-defined set of wide characters for which none of iswcntrl, iswdigit, iswpunct, or iswspace is nonzero. Each of these routines returns 0 if c doesn't satisfy the test condition.

The versions of these functions that have the _l suffix use the locale that's passed in instead of the current locale for their locale-dependent behavior. For more information, see Locale.

The behavior of isupper and _isupper_l is undefined if c isn't EOF or in the range 0 through 0xFF, inclusive. When a debug CRT library is used and c isn't one of these values, the functions raise an assertion.

Generic-text routine mappings

TCHAR.H routine	_UNICODE and _MBCS not defined	_MBCS defined	_UNICODE defined
_istupper	isupper	_ismbcupper	iswupper
_istupper_l	_isupper_l	_ismbclower, _ismbclower_l, _ismbcupper, _ismbcupper_l	_iswupper_l

Remarks

By default, this function's global state is scoped to the application. To change this behavior, see Global state in the CRT.

Requirements

Routine	Required header
isupper	<ctype.h>
_isupper_l	<ctype.h>
iswupper	<ctype.h> or <wchar.h>
_iswupper_l	<ctype.h>

For more compatibility information, see Compatibility.

See also

Character classification
Locale
is, isw routines