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### 3.9 `ispunct`, `ispunct_l`—punctuation character predicate

Synopsis

    #include <ctype.h>
    int ispunct(int c);

    #include <ctype.h>
    int ispunct_l(int c, locale_t locale);

Description
`ispunct` is a macro which classifies singlebyte charset values by table lookup. It is a predicate returning non-zero for printable punctuation characters, and 0 for other characters. It is defined only if c is representable as an unsigned char or if c is EOF.

`ispunct_l` is like `ispunct` but performs the check based on the locale specified by the locale object locale. If locale is LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE or not a valid locale object, the behaviour is undefined.

You can use a compiled subroutine instead of the macro definition by undefining the macro using ‘`#undef ispunct`’ or ‘`#undef ispunct_l`’.

Returns
`ispunct`, `ispunct_l` return non-zero if c is a printable punctuation character.

Portability
`ispunct` is ANSI C. `ispunct_l` is POSIX-1.2008.

No supporting OS subroutines are required.