C Program to Check Character is Alphabet, Digit or Special Character

In this tutorial, i am going to show you how to check whether the character is alphabet, digit, or special character in c programs.

All C Program to Check Character is Alphabet, Digit or Special Character

  • C Program to Check Character is Alphabet, Digit or Special Character using if else
  • C Program to Check Character is Alphabet, Digit or Special Character using Ascii value
  • C Program to Check Character is Alphabet, Digit or Special Character Function

C Program to Check Character is Alphabet, Digit or Special Character using if else

/* C Program to check Character is Alphabet Digit or Special Character */
 
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main()
{
  	char ch;
  	
  	printf(" Please Enter any character :  ");
  	scanf("%c", &ch);
  
  	if( (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'z') || (ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'Z') )
  	{
  		printf("\n %c is an Alphabet", ch);  	
 	}
  	else if (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9')
  	{
  		printf("\n %c is a Digit", ch);  	
  	}    
  	else
    	printf("\n %c is a Special Character", ch);
  
  	return 0;
}

The result above c program; as follows:

Please Enter any character :  5
5 is a Digit

C Program to Check Character is Alphabet, Digit or Special Character using Ascii value

#include <stdio.h>
 
int main()
{
  	char ch;
  	
  	printf(" Please Enter any character :  ");
  	scanf("%c", &ch);
  
 	if (ch >= 48 && ch <= 57)
  	{
  		printf("\n %c is a Digit", ch);  	
  	}
  	else if ( (ch >= 65 && ch <= 90) || (ch >= 97 && ch <= 122) )
  	{
  		printf("\n %c is an Alphabet", ch);  	
  	}    
  	else
    	printf("\n %c is a Special Character", ch);
  
  	return 0;
}

The result above c program; as follows:

Please Enter any character :  $
$ is a Special Character

C Program to Check Character is Alphabet, Digit or Special Character using Function

/* C Program to check Character is Alphabet Digit or Special Character */
 
#include <stdio.h>
#include<ctype.h>
 
int main()
{
	char ch;
  	
	printf(" Please Enter any character :  ");
  	scanf("%c", &ch);
  
  	if (isalpha(ch))
  	{
  		printf("\n %c is an Alphabet", ch);  	
  	} 
  	else if (isdigit(ch))
  	{
  		printf("\n %c is a Digit", ch);  	
  	}
  	else
    	printf("\n %c is a Special Character", ch);
  
  	return 0;
}

The result above c program; as follows:

Please Enter any character :  w
w is an Alphabet

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