Char.IsPunctuation Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System

Assembly:: System.Runtime.dll

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

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Indicates whether a Unicode character is categorized as a punctuation mark.

Overloads

IsPunctuation(Char)	Indicates whether the specified Unicode character is categorized as a punctuation mark.
IsPunctuation(String, Int32)	Indicates whether the character at the specified position in a specified string is categorized as a punctuation mark.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates IsPunctuation.

using namespace System;
int main()
{
   char ch = '.';
   Console::WriteLine( Char::IsPunctuation( ch ) ); // Output: "True"
   Console::WriteLine( Char::IsPunctuation(  "no punctuation", 3 ) ); // Output: "False"
}

using System;

public class IsPunctuationSample {
    public static void Main() {
        char ch = '.';

        Console.WriteLine(Char.IsPunctuation(ch));						// Output: "True"
        Console.WriteLine(Char.IsPunctuation("no punctuation", 3));		// Output: "False"
    }
}

open System

let ch = '.'

printfn $"{Char.IsPunctuation ch}"                       // Output: "True"
printfn $"""{Char.IsPunctuation("no punctuation", 3)}""" // Output: "False"

Module IsPunctuationSample

    Sub Main()

        Dim ch As Char
        ch = "."c

        Console.WriteLine(Char.IsPunctuation(ch))                   ' Output: "True"
        Console.WriteLine(Char.IsPunctuation("no punctuation", 3))  ' Output: "False"

    End Sub

End Module

Remarks

Valid punctuation marks are members of the following categories in UnicodeCategory: ConnectorPunctuation, DashPunctuation, OpenPunctuation, ClosePunctuation, InitialQuotePunctuation, FinalQuotePunctuation, or OtherPunctuation. They include characters with the following Unicode code points:

U+0021 to U+0023
U+060C and U+060D
U+1800 to U+180A
U+3014 to U+301F
U+0025 to U+002A
U+061B
U+1944 and U+1945
U+3030
U+002C to U+002F
U+061E and U+061F
U+19DE and U+19DF
U+303D
U+003A and U+003B
U+066A to U+066D
U+1A1E and U+1A1F
U+30A0
U+003F and U+0040
U+06D4
U+1B5A to U+1B60
U+30FB
U+005B to U+005D
U+0700 to U+070D
U+2010 to U+2027
U+A874 to U+A877
U+005F
U+07F7 to U+07F9
U+2030 to U+2043
U+FD3E and U+FD3F
U+007B
U+0964 and U+0965
U+2045 to U+2051
U+FE10 to U+FE19
U+007D
U+0970
U+2053 to U+205E
U+FE30 to U+FE52
U+00A1
U+0DF4
U+207D and U+207E
U+FE54 to U+FE61
U+00AB
U+0E4F to U+0E5B
U+208D and U+208E
U+FE63
U+00AD
U+0F04 to U+0F12
U+2329 and U+232A
U+FE68
U+00B7
U+0F3A to U+0F3D
U+2768 to U+2775
U+FE6A and U+FE6B
U+00BB
U+0F85
U+27C5 to U+27C6
U+FF01 to U+FF03
U+00BF
U+0FD0 and U+0FD1
U+27E6 to U+27EB
U+FF05 to U+FF0A
U+037E
U+104A to U+104F
U+2983 to U+2998
U+FF0C to U+FF0F
U+0387
U+10FB
U+29D8 to U+29DB
U+FF1A and U+FF1B
U+055A to U+055F
U+1361 to U+1368
U+29FC and U+29FD
U+FF1F and U+FF20
U+0589 and U+058A
U+166D and U+166E
U+2CF9 to U+2CFC
U+FF3B to U+FF3D
U+05BE
U+169B and U+169C
U+2CFE and U+2CFF
U+FF3F
U+05C0
U+16EB to U+16ED
U+2E00 to U+2E17
U+FF5B
U+05C3
U+1735 and U+1736
U+2E1C and U+2E1D
U+FF5D
U+05C6
U+17D4 to U+17D6
U+3001 to U+3003
U+FF5F to U+FF65
U+05F3 and U+05F4
U+17D8 to U+17DA
U+3008 to U+3011

IsPunctuation(Char)

Source:: Char.cs

Source:: Char.cs

Source:: Char.cs

Indicates whether the specified Unicode character is categorized as a punctuation mark.

public:
 static bool IsPunctuation(char c);

public static bool IsPunctuation (char c);

static member IsPunctuation : char -> bool

Public Shared Function IsPunctuation (c As Char) As Boolean

Parameters

c: Char

The Unicode character to evaluate.

Returns

Boolean

true if c is a punctuation mark; otherwise, false.

Remarks

U+0021 to U+0023
U+060C and U+060D
U+1800 to U+180A
U+3014 to U+301F
U+0025 to U+002A
U+061B
U+1944 and U+1945
U+3030
U+002C to U+002F
U+061E and U+061F
U+19DE and U+19DF
U+303D
U+003A and U+003B
U+066A to U+066D
U+1A1E and U+1A1F
U+30A0
U+003F and U+0040
U+06D4
U+1B5A to U+1B60
U+30FB
U+005B to U+005D
U+0700 to U+070D
U+2010 to U+2027
U+A874 to U+A877
U+005F
U+07F7 to U+07F9
U+2030 to U+2043
U+FD3E and U+FD3F
U+007B
U+0964 and U+0965
U+2045 to U+2051
U+FE10 to U+FE19
U+007D
U+0970
U+2053 to U+205E
U+FE30 to U+FE52
U+00A1
U+0DF4
U+207D and U+207E
U+FE54 to U+FE61
U+00AB
U+0E4F to U+0E5B
U+208D and U+208E
U+FE63
U+00AD
U+0F04 to U+0F12
U+2329 and U+232A
U+FE68
U+00B7
U+0F3A to U+0F3D
U+2768 to U+2775
U+FE6A and U+FE6B
U+00BB
U+0F85
U+27C5 to U+27C6
U+FF01 to U+FF03
U+00BF
U+0FD0 and U+0FD1
U+27E6 to U+27EB
U+FF05 to U+FF0A
U+037E
U+104A to U+104F
U+2983 to U+2998
U+FF0C to U+FF0F
U+0387
U+10FB
U+29D8 to U+29DB
U+FF1A and U+FF1B
U+055A to U+055F
U+1361 to U+1368
U+29FC and U+29FD
U+FF1F and U+FF20
U+0589 and U+058A
U+166D and U+166E
U+2CF9 to U+2CFC
U+FF3B to U+FF3D
U+05BE
U+169B and U+169C
U+2CFE and U+2CFF
U+FF3F
U+05C0
U+16EB to U+16ED
U+2E00 to U+2E17
U+FF5B
U+05C3
U+1735 and U+1736
U+2E1C and U+2E1D
U+FF5D
U+05C6
U+17D4 to U+17D6
U+3001 to U+3003
U+FF5F to U+FF65
U+05F3 and U+05F4
U+17D8 to U+17DA
U+3008 to U+3011

Applies to

IsPunctuation(String, Int32)

Source:: Char.cs

Source:: Char.cs

Source:: Char.cs

Indicates whether the character at the specified position in a specified string is categorized as a punctuation mark.

public:
 static bool IsPunctuation(System::String ^ s, int index);

public static bool IsPunctuation (string s, int index);

static member IsPunctuation : string * int -> bool

Public Shared Function IsPunctuation (s As String, index As Integer) As Boolean

Parameters

s: String

A string.

index: Int32

The position of the character to evaluate in s.

Returns

Boolean

true if the character at position index in s is a punctuation mark; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

s is null.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

index is less than zero or greater than the last position in s.

Remarks

Character positions in a string are indexed starting from zero.

U+0021 to U+0023
U+060C and U+060D
U+1800 to U+180A
U+3014 to U+301F
U+0025 to U+002A
U+061B
U+1944 and U+1945
U+3030
U+002C to U+002F
U+061E and U+061F
U+19DE and U+19DF
U+303D
U+003A and U+003B
U+066A to U+066D
U+1A1E and U+1A1F
U+30A0
U+003F and U+0040
U+06D4
U+1B5A to U+1B60
U+30FB
U+005B to U+005D
U+0700 to U+070D
U+2010 to U+2027
U+A874 to U+A877
U+005F
U+07F7 to U+07F9
U+2030 to U+2043
U+FD3E and U+FD3F
U+007B
U+0964 and U+0965
U+2045 to U+2051
U+FE10 to U+FE19
U+007D
U+0970
U+2053 to U+205E
U+FE30 to U+FE52
U+00A1
U+0DF4
U+207D and U+207E
U+FE54 to U+FE61
U+00AB
U+0E4F to U+0E5B
U+208D and U+208E
U+FE63
U+00AD
U+0F04 to U+0F12
U+2329 and U+232A
U+FE68
U+00B7
U+0F3A to U+0F3D
U+2768 to U+2775
U+FE6A and U+FE6B
U+00BB
U+0F85
U+27C5 to U+27C6
U+FF01 to U+FF03
U+00BF
U+0FD0 and U+0FD1
U+27E6 to U+27EB
U+FF05 to U+FF0A
U+037E
U+104A to U+104F
U+2983 to U+2998
U+FF0C to U+FF0F
U+0387
U+10FB
U+29D8 to U+29DB
U+FF1A and U+FF1B
U+055A to U+055F
U+1361 to U+1368
U+29FC and U+29FD
U+FF1F and U+FF20
U+0589 and U+058A
U+166D and U+166E
U+2CF9 to U+2CFC
U+FF3B to U+FF3D
U+05BE
U+169B and U+169C
U+2CFE and U+2CFF
U+FF3F
U+05C0
U+16EB to U+16ED
U+2E00 to U+2E17
U+FF5B
U+05C3
U+1735 and U+1736
U+2E1C and U+2E1D
U+FF5D
U+05C6
U+17D4 to U+17D6
U+3001 to U+3003
U+FF5F to U+FF65
U+05F3 and U+05F4
U+17D8 to U+17DA
U+3008 to U+3011

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Char.IsPunctuation Method

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IsPunctuation(Char)

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IsPunctuation(String, Int32)

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