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ISPUNCT(3)                 Library Functions Manual                 ISPUNCT(3)

NAME
     ispunct - punctuation character test

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <ctype.h>

     int
     ispunct(int c);

DESCRIPTION
     The ispunct() function tests for any printing character except space ('
     ') or a character for which isalnum(3) is true.

RETURN VALUES
     The ispunct() function returns zero if the character tests false and
     returns non-zero if the character tests true.

SEE ALSO
     ctype(3), isalnum(3), isalpha(3), isascii(3), isblank(3), iscntrl(3),
     isdigit(3), isgraph(3), islower(3), isprint(3), isspace(3), isupper(3),
     isxdigit(3), stdio(3), toascii(3), tolower(3), toupper(3), ascii(7)

STANDARDS
     The ispunct() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 ("ANSI C89").

CAVEATS
     The argument to ispunct() must be EOF or representable as an unsigned
     char; otherwise, the behavior is undefined.  See the CAVEATS section of
     ctype(3) for more details.

NetBSD 10.99                    April 17, 2008                    NetBSD 10.99