std::islower(std::locale)

Header: <locale>

Checks if the given character is classified as a lowercase alphabetic character by the given locale’s std::ctype facet.

# Declarations

template< class CharT >
bool islower( CharT ch, const locale& loc );

# Parameters

ch: character
loc: locale

# Return value

Returns true if the character is classified as lowercase, false otherwise.

# Example

#include <iostream>
#include <locale>
 
int main()
{
    const wchar_t c = L'\u03c0'; // GREEK SMALL LETTER PI
 
    std::locale loc1("C");
    std::cout << std::boolalpha
              << "islower('π', C locale) returned "
              << std::islower(c, loc1) << '\n'
              << "isupper('π', C locale) returned "
              << std::isupper(c, loc1) << '\n';
 
    std::locale loc2("en_US.UTF8");
    std::cout << "islower('π', Unicode locale) returned "
              << std::islower(c, loc2) << '\n'
              << "isupper('π', Unicode locale) returned "
              << std::isupper(c, loc2) << '\n';
}