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.\"	@(#)ispunct.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 06/04/93
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.Dd 
.Dt ISPUNCT 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ispunct
.Nd punctuation character test
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <ctype.h>
.Ft int
.Fn ispunct "int c";
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn ispunct
function tests for any printing character except for space (' ') or a
character for which
.Xr isalnum 3
is true.
In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters:
.sp
.Bl -column \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__
.It \&041\ ``!'' \t042\ ``"'' \t043\ ``#'' \t044\ ``$'' \t045\ ``%''
.It \&046\ ``&'' \t047\ ``''' \t050\ ``('' \t051\ ``)'' \t052\ ``*''
.It \&053\ ``+'' \t054\ ``,'' \t055\ ``-'' \t056\ ``.'' \t057\ ``/''
.It \&072\ ``:'' \t073\ ``;'' \t074\ ``<'' \t075\ ``='' \t076\ ``>''
.It \&077\ ``?'' \t100\ ``@'' \t133\ ``['' \t134\ ``\'' \t135\ ``]''
.It \&136\ ``^'' \t137\ ``_'' \t140\ ```'' \t173\ ``{'' \t174\ ``|''
.It \&175\ ``}'' \t176\ ``~''
.El
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn ispunct
function returns zero if the character tests false and
returns non-zero if the character tests true.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ctype 3 ,
.Xr ascii 7
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn ispunct
function conforms to
.St -ansiC .