UNICODE_GENERAL_CATE(3)

💖 UNICODE_GENERAL_CATE 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Courier Unicode Library manual, page UNICODE_GENERAL_CATE(3) — the one and only place where we find out what kind of character a Unicode codepoint actually is. let's get into it 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

unicode_general_category_lookup — unicode general category lookup 🔍

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <courier-unicode.h>

unicode_general_category_t unicode_general_category_lookup(char32_t c);

like, that's it. one include, one function, one little char32_t walking in. iconic behavior fr fr 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so unicode_general_category_lookup() is giving main character energy and looks up the Unicode character's general category, straight outta the Unicode character database database. no cap. 📚✨

it takes your char32_t c and tells you exactly which category that character belongs to.

and what does it hand back? one of the UNICODE_GENERAL_CATEGORY_value values. that's your answer, that's your vibe check, that's the whole tea. 🍓

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

• TR-44 [1]
• courier-unicode(7)

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Sam Varshavchik Author

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📝 NOTES 📝

1. TR-44 https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr44/

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💜 okay that's the whole page bestie, you ate that. this was Courier Unicode Library, dated 04/12/2026 — and you just read the UNICODE_GENERAL_CATE(3) manpage. slay, periodt. 🌈🎀✨