isphonogram(3)

isphonogram3

Phonographic character test

Usage

#include <ctype.h>

int

isphonogram(int c);

int

isphonogram_l(int c, locale_t loc);

Library

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

Overview

The isphonogram() and isphonogram_l() functions test for a phonographic character.

The isphonogram_l() function takes an explicit locale argument, whereas the isphonogram() function uses the current global or per-thread locale.

Return values

The isphonogram() and isphonogram_l() functions return zero if the character tests false and return non-zero if the character tests true.

Releases

52 releases since FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE; the text changed 33 times.

  1. 5.3–6.3
  2. 6.4
  3. 7.0
  4. 7.1
  5. 7.2
  6. 7.3
  7. 7.4
  8. 8.0
  9. 8.1
  10. 8.2
  11. 8.3
  12. 8.4
  13. 9.0
  14. 9.1
  15. 9.2
  16. 9.3
  17. 10.0
  18. 10.1
  19. 10.2
  20. 10.3
  21. 10.4
  22. 11.0
  23. 11.1
  24. 11.2
  25. 11.3
  26. 11.4
  27. 12.0
  28. 12.1
  29. 12.2
  30. 12.3
  31. 12.4
  32. 13.0–13.1
  33. 13.2
  34. 13.3–16.0

History

The isphonogram() function appeared in 4.4BSD.

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.