SDL_ispunct(3)

💖 SDL_ispunct 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS section of the manual, and today's main character is SDL_ispunct — the lil guy who tells you if a character is a punctuation mark. periodt.

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_ispunct — report if a character is a punctuation mark. like, is it a !? a ?? a lil ,? she'll tell you. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_stdinc.h>

int SDL_ispunct(int x);

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

WARNING: regardless of system locale, this is equivalent to c ((SDL_isgraph(x)) && (!SDL_isalnum(x)))

ngl bestie that's the whole vibe. no locale drama, no surprises — it's literally just "is it graphically renderable AND not a letter or a number?" and if yes, congrats, it's punctuation. 🔥

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🦋 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🦋

• x — the character value to check. hand her the character, she does the vibe check. 👑

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

Returns non-zero if x falls within the character class, zero otherwise. so: truthy = yes it's punctuation, falsy = no ma'am. 💀

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🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

It is safe to call this function from any thread. no cap. every thread can get a piece of this function, she's built different. 🫶

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🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0. iconic behavior honestly.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• SDL_isgraph(3)
• SDL_isalnum(3)

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this lil slice of the Simple Directmedia Layer manual, version SDL 3.4.18, was brought to you by SDL_ispunct(3) herself. go check your characters, stay punctual, and slay 💖✨🎀