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34.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
35.Dt ISPUNCT 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm ispunct
39.Nd punctuation character test
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Fd #include <ctype.h>
42.Ft int
43.Fn ispunct "int c"
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Fn ispunct
47function tests for any printing character except space
48.Pq Sq \ \&
49or a character for which
50.Xr isalnum 3
51is true.
52.Sh RETURN VALUES
53The
54.Fn ispunct
55macro returns zero if the character tests false or
56non-zero if the character tests true.
57.Sh SEE ALSO
58.Xr isalnum 3 ,
59.Xr isalpha 3 ,
60.Xr isascii 3 ,
61.Xr isblank 3 ,
62.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
63.Xr isdigit 3 ,
64.Xr isgraph 3 ,
65.Xr islower 3 ,
66.Xr isprint 3 ,
67.Xr isspace 3 ,
68.Xr isupper 3 ,
69.Xr isxdigit 3 ,
70.Xr stdio 3 ,
71.Xr toascii 3 ,
72.Xr tolower 3 ,
73.Xr toupper 3 ,
74.Xr ascii 7
75.Sh STANDARDS
76The
77.Fn ispunct
78function conforms to
79.St -ansiC .
80.Sh CAVEATS
81The argument to
82.Fn ispunct
83must be
84.Dv EOF
85or representable as an
86.Li unsigned char ;
87otherwise, the result is undefined.
88