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From cppreference.com
< c‎ | string‎ | byte
Defined in header <ctype.h>
int ispunct( int ch );

Checks if the given character is a punctuation character in the current C locale. The default C locale classifies the characters !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~ as punctuation.

The behavior is undefined if the value of ch is not representable as unsigned char and is not equal to EOF.

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[edit] Parameters

ch - character to classify

[edit] Return value

Non-zero value if the character is a punctuation character, zero otherwise.

[edit] Example

#include <ctype.h>
#include <locale.h>
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main(void)
{
    unsigned char c = '\xd7'; // the character × (multiplication sign) in ISO-8859-1
    printf("In the default C locale, \\xd7 is %spunctuation\n",
           ispunct(c) ? "" : "not " );
    setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_GB.iso88591");
    printf("In ISO-8859-1 locale, \\xd7 is %spunctuation\n",
           ispunct(c) ? "" : "not " );
}

Possible output:

In the default C locale, \xd7 is not punctuation
In ISO-8859-1 locale, \xd7 is punctuation

[edit] References

  • C23 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2024):
  • 7.4.1.9 The ispunct function (p: TBD)
  • C17 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2018):
  • 7.4.1.9 The ispunct function (p: 146)
  • C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
  • 7.4.1.9 The ispunct function (p: 202)
  • C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):
  • 7.4.1.9 The ispunct function (p: 183)
  • C89/C90 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1990):
  • 4.3.1.8 The ispunct function

[edit] See also

checks if a wide character is a punctuation character
(function) [edit]
C++ documentation for ispunct
ASCII values characters

iscntrl
iswcntrl

isprint
iswprint

isspace
iswspace

isblank
iswblank

isgraph
iswgraph

ispunct
iswpunct

isalnum
iswalnum

isalpha
iswalpha

isupper
iswupper

islower
iswlower

isdigit
iswdigit