Checks whether the character is ASCII 7 bit alphabetic lower case. : Character Data Type « Data Type « Java Tutorial

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/**
 * Operations on char primitives and Character objects.
 *
 * This class tries to handle <code>null</code> input gracefully.
 * An exception will not be thrown for a <code>null</code> input.
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 * 
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 * @since 2.1
 * @version $Id: CharUtils.java 437554 2006-08-28 06:21:41Z bayard $
 */
public class Main {
  
  /**
   * Checks whether the character is ASCII 7 bit alphabetic lower case.
   *
   * <pre>
   *   CharUtils.isAsciiAlphaLower('a')  = true
   *   CharUtils.isAsciiAlphaLower('A')  = false
   *   CharUtils.isAsciiAlphaLower('3')  = false
   *   CharUtils.isAsciiAlphaLower('-')  = false
   *   CharUtils.isAsciiAlphaLower('\n') = false
   *   CharUtils.isAsciiAlphaLower('&copy;') = false
   * </pre>
   * 
   * @param ch  the character to check
   * @return true if between 97 and 122 inclusive
   */
  public static boolean isAsciiAlphaLower(char ch) {
      return ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'z';
  }
}