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| .TH TOASCII 3 2021-03-22 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| toascii \- convert character to ASCII |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .nf |
| .B #include <ctype.h> |
| .PP |
| .BI "int toascii(int " "c" ); |
| .fi |
| .PP |
| .RS -4 |
| Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see |
| .BR feature_test_macros (7)): |
| .RE |
| .PP |
| .BR toascii (): |
| .nf |
| _XOPEN_SOURCE |
| || /* Glibc since 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE |
| || /* Glibc <= 2.19: */ _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE |
| .fi |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .BR toascii () |
| converts |
| .I c |
| to a 7-bit |
| .I "unsigned char" |
| value that fits into the ASCII character set, by clearing the |
| high-order bits. |
| .SH RETURN VALUE |
| The value returned is that of the converted character. |
| .SH ATTRIBUTES |
| For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see |
| .BR attributes (7). |
| .ad l |
| .nh |
| .TS |
| allbox; |
| lbx lb lb |
| l l l. |
| Interface Attribute Value |
| T{ |
| .BR toascii () |
| T} Thread safety MT-Safe |
| .TE |
| .hy |
| .ad |
| .sp 1 |
| .SH CONFORMING TO |
| SVr4, BSD, POSIX.1-2001. |
| POSIX.1-2008 marks |
| .BR toascii () |
| as obsolete, |
| noting that it cannot be used portably in a localized application. |
| .SH BUGS |
| Many people will be unhappy if you use this function. |
| This function will convert accented letters into random characters. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR isascii (3), |
| .BR tolower (3), |
| .BR toupper (3) |