Method isLowerCase

output/java_guava/1.4.13/Ascii.java:555–559

Indicates whether c is one of the twenty-six lowercase ASCII alphabetic characters between 'a' and 'z' inclusive. All others (including non-ASCII characters) return false.

(char c)

    public static boolean isLowerCase(char c) {
    // Note: This was benchmarked against the alternate expression "(char)(c - 'a') < 26" (Nov '13)
    // and found to perform at least as well, or better.
    return (c >= 'a') && (c <= 'z');
    }

  /**
   * Indicates whether {@code c} is one of the twenty-six uppercase ASCII alphabetic characters