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IsUpper()

Checks if the first character of a string is an uppercase letter.

Syntax

IsUpper( <cString> ) --> lIsUpperCase

Arguments

<cString>

A character string to check for its first character.

Return

The function returns .T. (true) when the leftmost character of a string is an uppercase letter, otherwise .F. (false).

Description

The function is used to check if a string begins with an uppercase letter from "A" to "Z". It returns .T. (true) when a string begins with an uppercase letter, and .F. (false) when it begins with any other character.

Info

See also:	IsAlNum(), IsAlpha(), IsAscii(), IsCntrl(), IsDigit(), IsGraph(), IsPrint(), IsPunct(), IsSpace(), IsUpper(), IsXDigit(), Lower(), Upper()
Category:	Character functions
Source:	rtl\is.c
LIB:	xhb.lib
DLL:	xhbdll.dll

Example

// The example demonstrates various results of IsUpper()

   PROCEDURE Main

      ? IsLower( "ABC" )               // result: .T.
      ? IsLower( "xyz" )               // result: .F.

      ? IsLower( " XHARBOUR" )         // result: .F.
      ? IsLower( ".NET" )              // result: .F.

   RETURN