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All characters whether alphabet, digit or special character have ASCII value. Input character from the user will determine if it’s Alphabet, Number or Special character.
ASCII value ranges- 
 

  • For capital alphabets 65 – 90
  • For small alphabets 97 – 122
  • For digits 48 – 57

Examples : 
 

Input : 8
Output : Digit

Input : E
Output : Alphabet

 

 

C++




// CPP program to find type of input character
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
  
void charCheck(char input_char)
{
    // CHECKING FOR ALPHABET
    if ((input_char >= 65 && input_char <= 90)
        || (input_char >= 97 && input_char <= 122))
        cout << " Alphabet ";
  
    // CHECKING FOR DIGITS
    else if (input_char >= 48 && input_char <= 57)
        cout << " Digit ";
  
    // OTHERWISE SPECIAL CHARACTER
    else
        cout << " Special Character ";
}
  
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    char input_char = '$';
    charCheck(input_char);
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java program to find type of input character
import java.io.*;
  
class GFG {
  
    static void charCheck(char input_char)
    {
        // CHECKING FOR ALPHABET
        if ((input_char >= 65 && input_char <= 90)
            || (input_char >= 97 && input_char <= 122))
            System.out.println(" Alphabet ");
  
        // CHECKING FOR DIGITS
        else if (input_char >= 48 && input_char <= 57)
            System.out.println(" Digit ");
  
        // OTHERWISE SPECIAL CHARACTER
        else
            System.out.println(" Special Character ");
    }
  
    // Driver Code
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        char input_char = '$';
        charCheck(input_char);
    }
}
  
// This code is contributed by vt_m.


Python3




# python program to find type of 
# input character 
  
def charCheck(input_char): 
      
    # CHECKING FOR ALPHABET 
    if ((int(ord(input_char)) >= 65 and
        int(ord(input_char)) <= 90) or
        (int(ord(input_char)) >= 97 and
        int(ord(input_char)) <= 122)): 
        print( " Alphabet "
      
    # CHECKING FOR DIGITS 
    elif (int(ord(input_char)) >= 48 and
            int(ord(input_char)) <= 57): 
        print(" Digit "
  
    # OTHERWISE SPECIAL CHARACTER 
    else
        print(" Special Character "
  
# Driver Code 
input_char = '$'
charCheck(input_char) 
  
# This code is contributed by Sam007. 


C#




// C# program to find type of
// input character
using System;
  
class GFG {
  
    // Function to check type
    // of input character
    static void charCheck(char input_char)
    {
        // Checking for Alphabet
        if ((input_char >= 65 && input_char <= 90)
            || (input_char >= 97 && input_char <= 122))
            Console.WriteLine(" Alphabet ");
  
        // Checking for Digits
        else if (input_char >= 48 && input_char <= 57)
            Console.WriteLine(" Digit ");
  
        // Otherwise Special Character
        else
            Console.WriteLine("Special Character");
    }
  
    // Driver Code
    public static void Main()
    {
        char input_char = '$';
        charCheck(input_char);
    }
}
  
// This code is contributed by vt_m.


PHP




<?php 
// PHP program to find type 
// of input character 
  
function charCheck($input_char
    // CHECKING FOR ALPHABET 
    if (($input_char >= 65 && $input_char <= 90) 
        || ($input_char >= 97 && $input_char <= 122)) 
        echo " Alphabet "
      
    // CHECKING FOR DIGITS 
    else if ($input_char >= 48 && 
            $input_char <= 57) 
    echo " Digit "
  
    // OTHERWISE SPECIAL CHARACTER 
    else                                    
    echo " Special Character "
  
// Driver Code 
$input_char = '$'
charCheck($input_char); 
  
// This code is contributed by Sam007 
?> 


Javascript




<script>
      // JavaScript program to find type of input character
      function charCheck(input)
      {
        var input_char = input.charCodeAt(0);
          
        // CHECKING FOR ALPHABET
        if (
          (input_char >= 65 && input_char <= 90) ||
          (input_char >= 97 && input_char <= 122)
        )
          document.write(" Alphabet ");
            
        // CHECKING FOR DIGITS
        else if (input_char >= 48 && input_char <= 57)
          document.write(" Digit ");
            
        // OTHERWISE SPECIAL CHARACTER
        else document.write(" Special Character ");
      }
  
      // Driver Code
      var input_char = "$";
      charCheck(input_char);
        
      // This code is contributed by rdtank.
    </script>


Output : 
 

 Special Character 

Time complexity: O(1) as constant operations are done

Auxiliary space: O(1)
 



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