Unit 'Character' Package
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TCharacter.IsSymbol

Check if a Unicode character is a symbol character.

Declaration

Source position: character.pas line 129

public class function TCharacter.IsSymbol(

  AChar: UnicodeChar

):Boolean; overload;

class function TCharacter.IsSymbol(

  const AString: UnicodeString;

  AIndex: Integer

):Boolean; overload;

Arguments

AChar

  

UTF16 Character.

Function result

True if the indicated characters is a symbol character.

Arguments

AString

  

String containing UTF-16 encoded characters.

AIndex

  

Index of UTF16 encoded character in AString to be checked.

Description

IsSymbol returns True if a Unicode character has category that is one of the symbol categories (ucMathSymbol, ucCurrencySymbol, ucModifierSymbol, ucOtherSymbol). The character can be specified as a UTF16 character AChar or a UTF16 encoded character starting at position AIndex in string AString.

Errors

If AIndex is not a valid character index in the string AString, an EArgumentOutOfRangeException exception is raised. If the character at that position is not complete, an EArgumentException exception is raised.

See also

IsControl

  

Check whether a Unicode character is a Unicode control character.

IsDigit

  

Check whether a Unicode character is a digit.

IsSurrogate

  

Check whether a Unicode character is a surrogate.

IsHighSurrogate

  

Check whether a Unicode character is a surrogate in the high range.

IsLowSurrogate

  

Check whether a Unicode character is a surrogate in the low range.

IsSurrogatePair

  

Check if a pair of characters is a set of high/low surrogate characters.

IsLetter

  

Check if a Unicode character is a letter.

IsLetterOrDigit

  

Check if a Unicode character is a letter or digit.

IsLower

  

Check if a Unicode character is a lowercase letter.

IsNumber

  

Check if a Unicode character is a number.

IsPunctuation

  

Check if a Unicode character is a punctuation character.

IsSeparator

  

Check if a Unicode character is a separator character.

IsUpper

  

Check whether a Unicode character is an uppercase letter.

IsWhiteSpace

  

Check whether a Unicode character is a whitespace character.


Documentation generated on: Jul 24 2023