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Golang unicode.IsPunct() Function with Examples

Golang | unicode.IsPunct() Function: Here, we are going to learn about the IsPunct() function of the unicode package with its usages, syntax, and examples.
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unicode.IsPunct()

The IsPunct() function is an inbuilt function of the unicode package which is used to check whether the given rune r is a Unicode punctuation character (category P – the set of Unicode punctuation characters).

It accepts one parameter (r rune) and returns true if rune r is a punctuation character; false, otherwise.

Syntax:

func IsPunct(r rune) bool

Parameter(s):

• r : Rune type value to be checked whether it is a punctuation character or not.

Return Value:

The return type of the unicode.IsPunct() function is a bool, it returns true if rune r is a punctuation character; false, otherwise.

Example 1:

// Golang program to demonstrate the
// example of unicode.IsPunct() Function

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"unicode"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println("unicode.IsPunct('!'):",
		unicode.IsPunct('!'))
	fmt.Println("unicode.IsPunct('?'):",
		unicode.IsPunct('?'))
	fmt.Println("unicode.IsPunct(';'):",
		unicode.IsPunct(';'))
	fmt.Println("unicode.IsPunct(','):",
		unicode.IsPunct(','))
	fmt.Println("unicode.IsPunct(':')",
		unicode.IsPunct(':'))
	fmt.Println("unicode.IsPunct('G'):",
		unicode.IsPunct('G'))
	fmt.Println("unicode.IsPunct(' '):",
		unicode.IsPunct(' '))
}

Output:

unicode.IsPunct('!'): true
unicode.IsPunct('?'): true
unicode.IsPunct(';'): true
unicode.IsPunct(','): true
unicode.IsPunct(':') true
unicode.IsPunct('G'): false
unicode.IsPunct(' '): false

Example 2:

// Golang program to demonstrate the
// example of unicode.IsPunct() Function

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"unicode"
)

func main() {
	// constant with mixed type runes
	const mixed = "Hey, Alex! What's the matter with you?"

	fmt.Println("Punctuation characters are:")
	for _, c := range mixed {
		if unicode.IsPunct(c) == true {
			fmt.Printf("%c", c)
		}
	}
}

Output:

Punctuation characters are:
,!'?

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