VMS Help CC, Run-time functions, isalnum  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  Returns a nonzero integer if its argument is classed as alphabetic
  or as a digit in the program's current locale.  Otherwise, it
  returns 0.

  Syntax:

       #include <ctype.h>

       int isalnum(int character);