iswupper, iswupper_l — test for an uppercase letter wide-character code
#include <wctype.h>
int iswupper(wint_t wc);[CX] int iswupper_l(wint_t wc, locale_t locale);
For iswupper(): [CX] The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2024 defers to the ISO C standard.
The iswupper() [CX] and iswupper_l() functions shall test whether wc is a wide-character code representing a character of class upper in the current locale, [CX] or in the locale represented by locale, respectively; see XBD 7. Locale.
The wc argument is a wint_t, the value of which the application shall ensure is a wide-character code corresponding to a valid character in the locale used by the function, or equal to the value of the macro WEOF. If the argument has any other value, the behavior is undefined.
[CX] The behavior is undefined if the locale argument to iswupper_l() is the special locale object LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE or is not a valid locale object handle.
The iswupper() [CX] and iswupper_l() functions shall return non-zero if wc is an uppercase letter wide-character code; otherwise, they shall return 0.
No errors are defined.
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To ensure applications portability, especially across natural languages, only these functions and the functions in the reference pages listed in the SEE ALSO section should be used for character classification.
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iswalnum, iswalpha, iswcntrl, iswctype, iswdigit, iswgraph, iswlower, iswprint, iswpunct, iswspace, iswxdigit, setlocale, uselocale
XBD 7. Locale, <locale.h>, <wctype.h>
First released in Issue 4.
The following change has been made in this version for alignment with ISO/IEC 9899:1990/Amendment 1:1995 (E):
The SYNOPSIS has been changed to indicate that this function and associated data types are now made visible by inclusion of the <wctype.h> header rather than <wchar.h>.
The normative text is updated to avoid use of the term "must" for application requirements.
The iswupper_l() function is added from The Open Group Technical Standard, 2006, Extended API Set Part 4.
POSIX.1-2008, Technical Corrigendum 1, XSH/TC1-2008/0341 [302], XSH/TC1-2008/0342 [283], and XSH/TC1-2008/0343 [283] are applied.
POSIX.1-2008, Technical Corrigendum 2, XSH/TC2-2008/0192 [685] is applied.
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