# ctype.h - Classification of ASCII characters
Function declarations:
- [isalnum](#isalnum)
- [isalpha](#isalpha)
- [isblank](#isblank)
- [iscntrl](#iscntrl)
- [isdigit](#isdigit)
- [isgraph](#isgraph)
- [islower](#islower)
- [isprint](#isprint)
- [ispunct](#ispunct)
- [isspace](#isspace)
- [isupper](#isupper)
- [isxdigit](#isxdigit)
- [tolower](#tolower)
- [toupper](#toupper)
## [isalnum](#isalnum)
Description
Function checks whether given integer is an ASCII code representing a letter or
a digit. These characters are lowercase letters ('a'..'z'), uppercase letters
('A'..'Z') and digits ('0'..'9').
Declaration
```c
int isalnum(int c);
```
## [isalpha](#isalpha)
Description
Function checks whether given integer is an ASCII code representing a letter.
These characters are lowercase letters ('a'..'z') and uppercase letters.
Declaration
```c
int isalpha(int c);
```
## [isblank](#isblank)
Description
Checks whether a character is a space (' ') or a horizontal tab ('\t')
Declaration
```c
int isblank(int c);
```
## [iscntrl](#iscntrl)
Description
Checks whether a character is a control character
('\x00' through '\x1f' and '\x7f').
Declaration
```c
int iscntrl(int c);
```
## [isdigit](#isdigit)
Description
Checks whether a character is a digit ('0' through '9')
Declaration
```c
int isdigit(int c);
```
## [isxdigit](#isxdigit)
Description
Checks whether a character is a hexadecimal digit ('0' through '9', 'a' through 'f' or 'A' through 'F')
Declaration
```c
int isxdigit(int c);
```
## [isgraph](#isgraph)
Description
Checks whether a character is a
- Number;
- Letter;
- or punctuation
Declaration
```c
int isgraph(int c);
```
## [islower](#islower)
Description
Checks whether a character is a lowercase letter ('a' through 'z')
Declaration
```c
int islower(int c);
```
## [isupper](#isupper)
Description
Checks whether a character is a uppercase letter ('A' through 'Z')
Declaration
```c
int islower(int c);
```
## [isprint](#isprint)
Description
Checks whether a character is a
- Number;
- Letter;
- Space;
- or punctuation
Declaration
```c
int isprint(int c);
```
## [ispunct](#ispunct)
Description
Checks whether a character is a punctuation character (one of `!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_{|}~`
or backtick).
Declaration
```c
int ispunct(int c);
```
## [isspace](#isspace)
Description
Function checks whether given integer is a whitespace character. These
characters include whitespace (' '), form feed ('\f'), line feed ('\n'),
carriage return ('\r'), horizontal and vertical tab ('\t' and '\v').
Declaration
```c
int isspace(int c);
```
## [tolower](#tolower)
Description
If the character is an uppercase letter returns lowercase version of it. Otherwise
returns the character unmodified.
Declaration
```c
int tolower(int c);
```
## [toupper](#toupper)
Description
If the character is an lowercase letter returns uppercase version of it. Otherwise
returns the character unmodified.
Declaration
```c
int toupper(int c);
```