fribidi_get_bracket(3)

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💅 fribidi_get_bracket — from the fribidi_get_bracket(3) Programmer's Manual

okay so bestie, buckle up, because we're talking about fribidi_get_bracket — the little function that gets you the bracketed character. that's the whole vibe. let's go 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

fribidi_get_bracket — get bracketed character 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <../fribidi/lib/fribidi.h>

FriBidiBracketType fribidi_get_bracket(FriBidiChar ch);

🌸 PARAMETERS 🌸

  • FriBidiChar ch — the input character. that's it. that's the whole parameter. she's low maintenance 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's what she does ✨ this function finds the bracketed equivalent of a character, and it pulls that straight from the file BidiBrackets.txt in the Unicode Character Database, which lives at http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/BidiBrackets.txt — go off, Unicode 👑

so like, if the input character is a declared brackets character in the Unicode standard and it has a bracketed equivalent, then the matching bracketed character gets put in the output. and if it doesn't? no stress — the input character itself just gets put instead. literally "you are your own bracket" energy 😭🫶

ngl the wording in the original is a little chaotic ("If the input character is a declared as a brackets character...") but the meaning is exactly what I said above — declared bracket + has a bracketed equivalent = matching bracket comes out, otherwise you get the input character back. periodt. 💀

🌈 RETURNS 🌈

she returns the bracket type of the character 💖 and here's the important bit, bestie: use FRIBIDI_IS_BRACKET(FriBidiBracketType) to test whether it's actually a valid property. don't skip the vibe check ⭐

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this list is long long, but we do not gatekeep around here. every single one of these, coming right up 👑

and that's the whole page, bestie — go forth and bracket responsibly 💜

this cutie was generated by c2man from fribidi-brackets.h, dated 29 October 2026, and the manual page itself is fribidi_get_bracket(3). mwah 💋✨

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