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NAME
toascii - convert character to ASCII
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
bash
#include <ctype.h>bash
[[deprecated]] int toascii(int \nc\n);toascii():
bash
\n
_XOPEN_SOURCE
\n
|| /* glibc >= 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
\n
|| /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCEDESCRIPTION
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).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
| toascii () | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
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)