IsCharAlphaA function (winuser.h)

Determines whether a character is an alphabetical character. This determination is based on the semantics of the language selected by the user during setup or through Control Panel.

Syntax

BOOL IsCharAlphaA(
  [in] CHAR ch
);

Parameters

[in] ch

Type: TCHAR

The character to be tested.

Return value

Type: BOOL

If the character is alphabetical, the return value is nonzero.

If the character is not alphabetical, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

Note

The winuser.h header defines IsCharAlpha as an alias which automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header winuser.h (include Windows.h)
Library User32.lib
DLL User32.dll

See also

Conceptual

IsCharAlphaNumeric

Reference

Strings