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toascii(3)              Library Functions Manual              toascii(3)

NAME         top

       toascii - convert character to ASCII

LIBRARY         top

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <ctype.h>

       [[deprecated]] int toascii(int c);

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

       toascii():
           _XOPEN_SOURCE
               || /* glibc >= 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
               || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION         top

       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         top

       The value returned is that of the converted character.

ATTRIBUTES         top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).

       ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface                             │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │toascii()                             │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS         top

       POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY         top

       SVr4, BSD, POSIX.1-2001.  Obsolete in POSIX.1-2008, noting that
       it cannot be used portably in a localized application.

BUGS         top

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

SEE ALSO         top

       isascii(3), tolower(3), toupper(3)

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