TOASCII(3)                          Linux Programmer's Manual                          TOASCII(3)



NAME
       toascii - convert character to ASCII

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ctype.h>

       int toascii(int c);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       toascii(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION
       toascii()  converts  c  to  a 7-bit unsigned char value that fits into the ASCII character
       set, by clearing the high-order bits.

RETURN VALUE
       The value returned is that of the converted character.

ATTRIBUTES
   Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
       The toascii() function is thread-safe.

CONFORMING TO
       SVr4, BSD, POSIX.1-2001.  POSIX.1-2008 marks toascii() as obsolete, noting that it  cannot
       be used portably in a localized application.

BUGS
       Many people will be unhappy if you use this function.  This function will convert accented
       letters into random characters.

SEE ALSO
       isascii(3), tolower(3), toupper(3)

COLOPHON
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       project,  information  about  reporting  bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be
       found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



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