In C++, isupper() and islower() are predefined functions used for string and character handling.cstring.h is the header file required for string functions and cctype.h is the headerfile required for character functions.
isupper() Function
This function is used to check if the argument contains any uppercase letters such as A, B, C, D……….Z.
Syntax int isupper(int x)
// Program to check if a character is in // uppercase using isupper() #include <iostream> #include <cctype> using namespace std; int main() { char x; cin >> x; if (isupper(x)) cout << "Uppercase"; else cout << "Not uppercase."; return 0; } |
Input : A Output : Uppercase
Input : a Output : Not uppercase
islower() Function
This function is used to check if the argument contains lowercase letters such as a, b, c, d, ……..z.
Syntax int islower(int x)
// Program to check if a character is in // lowercase using islower() #include <iostream> #include <cctype> using namespace std; int main() { char x; cin >> x; if (islower(x)) cout << "Lowercase"; else cout << "Not Lowercase."; return 0; } |
Input:A Output : Not Lowercase
Input : a Output : Lowercase
Application of islower(), isupper(), tolower(), toupper() function.
Given a string, task is to convert the characters in the string into opposite case, i.e. if a character is in lowercase, we need to convert it into uppercade and vice versa.
Examples:
Input : GeekS Output :gEEKs Input :Test Case Output :tEST cASE
1. Traverse the given string character by character upto its length, check if character is in lowercase or uppercase using predefined function.
3. If lowercase, convert it to uppercase using toupper() function, if uppercase, convert it to lowercase using tolower() function.
4. Print the final string.
// C++ program to toggle cases of a given // string. #include <iostream> #include <cstring> using namespace std; // function to toggle cases of a string void toggle(string& str) { int length = str.length(); for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) { int c = str[i]; if (islower(c)) str[i] = toupper(c); else if (isupper(c)) str[i] = tolower(c); } } // Driver Code int main() { string str = "GeekS"; toggle(str); cout << str; return 0; } |
Output:
gEEKs
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