toascii(3)

NAME#

toascii - convert character to ASCII

LIBRARY#

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS#

#include <ctype.h>

[[deprecated]] int toascii(int \nc\n);

toascii():

\n
    _XOPEN_SOURCE
\n
        || /* glibc >= 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
\n
        || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_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#

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

STANDARDS#

POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY#

SVr4, BSD, POSIX.1-2001. Obsolete in POSIX.1-2008, 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)