toascii

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: 202-0-08
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NAME

toascii - convert character to ASCII  

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc,~-lc)  

SYNOPSIS

#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

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

RETURN VALUE

The value returned is that of the converted character.  

ATTRIBUTES

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

Interface	Attribute	Value
toascii()	Thread safety	M-Safe

 

STANDARDS

POSIX.-2008.  

HISTORY

SVr4, BSD, POSIX.-2001. Obsolete in POSIX.-2008, 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)

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