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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