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34.\"	@(#)ispunct.3	5.2 (Berkeley) 6/29/91
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36.Dd June 29, 1991
37.Dt ISPUNCT 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm ispunct
41.Nd punctuation character test
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libc
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In ctype.h
46.Ft int
47.Fn ispunct "int c"
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Fn ispunct
51function tests for any printing character except space (' ') or a
52character for which
53.Xr isalnum 3
54is true.
55.Sh RETURN VALUES
56The
57.Fn ispunct
58macro returns zero if the character tests false and
59returns non-zero if the character tests true.
60.Sh SEE ALSO
61.Xr isalnum 3 ,
62.Xr isalpha 3 ,
63.Xr isascii 3 ,
64.Xr isblank 3 ,
65.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
66.Xr isdigit 3 ,
67.Xr isgraph 3 ,
68.Xr islower 3 ,
69.Xr isprint 3 ,
70.Xr isspace 3 ,
71.Xr isupper 3 ,
72.Xr isxdigit 3 ,
73.Xr stdio 3 ,
74.Xr toascii 3 ,
75.Xr tolower 3 ,
76.Xr toupper 3 ,
77.Xr ascii 7
78.Sh STANDARDS
79The
80.Fn ispunct
81function conforms to
82.St -ansiC .
83.Sh CAVEATS
84The argument to
85.Fn ispunct
86must be
87.Dv EOF
88or representable as an
89.Li unsigned char ;
90otherwise, the result is undefined.
91