std::isalpha(std::locale)

 

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has_facet use_facet	locale
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isspace isblank (C++11) iscntrl	isupper islower isalpha	ispunct isdigit isxdigit	isalnum isprint isgraph

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LC_ALLLC_COLLATELC_CTYPELC_MONETARYLC_NUMERICLC_TIME	setlocale localeconv lconv

 

Defined in header <locale>
template< class CharT > bool isalpha( CharT ch, const locale& loc );

Checks if the given character is classified as an alphabetic character by the given locale's std::ctype facet.

Parameters

ch	-	character
loc	-	locale

Return value

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

Possible implementation

template<class CharT> bool isalpha(CharT ch, const std::locale& loc) { return std::use_facet<std::ctype<CharT>>(loc).is(std::ctype_base::alpha, ch); }

Example

Demonstrates the use of isalpha() with different locales (OS-specific).

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <locale>
 
int main()
{
    const wchar_t c = L'\u042f'; // cyrillic capital letter ya
 
    std::locale loc1("C");
    std::cout << "isalpha('Я', C locale) returned "
              << std::boolalpha << std::isalpha(c, loc1) << '\n';
 
    std::locale loc2("en_US.UTF8");
    std::cout << "isalpha('Я', Unicode locale) returned "
              << std::boolalpha << std::isalpha(c, loc2) << '\n';
}

Possible output:

isalpha('Я', C locale) returned false
isalpha('Я', Unicode locale) returned true

See also

isalpha	checks if a character is alphabetic (function)
iswalpha	checks if a wide character is alphabetic (function)