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ispunct

    int ispunct(int chr);

tests whether a character is punctuation mark

cpp Sourcecode Example

#include <iostream> /* including standard library */
#include <string>
#include <cctype>
 
using namespace std;
int main ( void )
{
  int i;
  string str="Test -!&%1";
  for (i=0; i <= 11;i++)
    {
     if ( ispunct(str[i]) != 0 )
      {
       cout << "Character " << i << " is a punctuation mark" << endl;
      }
    }
  return 0;
}

output

  output:
  Character 5 is a punctuation mark
  Character 6 is a punctuation mark
  Character 7 is a punctuation mark
  Character 8 is a punctuation mark