NAME

       iswpunct - test for punctuation or symbolic wide character

LIBRARY

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <wctype.h>

       int iswpunct(wint_t wc);

DESCRIPTION

       The iswpunct() function is the wide-character equivalent of the ispunct(3) function.  It tests whether wc
       is a wide character belonging to the wide-character class "punct".

       The  wide-character class "punct" is a subclass of the wide-character class "graph", and therefore also a
       subclass of the wide-character class "print".

       The wide-character class "punct" is disjoint from the wide-character class  "alnum"  and  therefore  also
       disjoint from its subclasses "alpha", "upper", "lower", "digit", "xdigit".

       Being  a  subclass of the wide-character class "print", the wide-character class "punct" is disjoint from
       the wide-character class "cntrl".

       Being a subclass of the wide-character class "graph", the wide-character class "punct" is  disjoint  from
       the wide-character class "space" and its subclass "blank".

RETURN VALUE

       The  iswpunct()  function returns nonzero if wc is a wide-character belonging to the wide-character class
       "punct".  Otherwise, it returns zero.

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
       ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐
       │ Interface                                                            │ Attribute     │ Value          │
       ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤
       │ iswpunct()                                                           │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │
       └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘

STANDARDS

       C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

       POSIX.1-2001, C99.

NOTES

       The behavior of iswpunct() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.

       This function's name is a misnomer when dealing with Unicode characters, because the wide-character class
       "punct" contains both punctuation characters and symbol (math, currency, etc.) characters.

SEE ALSO

       ispunct(3), iswctype(3)

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