ISPUNCT(3P)                                         POSIX Programmer's Manual                                        ISPUNCT(3P)



PROLOG
       This  manual  page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (con-
       sult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the  interface  may  not  be  implemented  on
       Linux.

NAME
       ispunct - test for a punctuation character

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ctype.h>

       int ispunct(int c);


DESCRIPTION
       The  ispunct()  function shall test whether c is a character of class punct in the program's current locale; see the Base
       Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Chapter 7, Locale.

       The c argument is an int, the value of which the application shall ensure is a character  representable  as  an  unsigned
       char or equal to the value of the macro EOF. If the argument has any other value, the behavior is undefined.

RETURN VALUE
       The ispunct() function shall return non-zero if c is a punctuation character; otherwise, it shall return 0.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
       None.

APPLICATION USAGE
       To  ensure  applications portability, especially across natural languages, only this function and those listed in the SEE
       ALSO section should be used for character classification.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       isalnum(), isalpha(), iscntrl(), isdigit(), isgraph(), islower(), isprint(),  isspace(),  isupper(),  isxdigit(),  setlo-
       cale(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Chapter 7, Locale, <ctype.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions  of  this  text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for
       Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6,  Copy-
       right (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any
       discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open  Group
       Standard   is   the   referee   document.   The   original   Standard   can   be   obtained  online  at  http://www.open-
       group.org/unix/online.html .



IEEE/The Open Group                                           2003                                                   ISPUNCT(3P)