std::tolower(std::locale) - cppreference.com (original) (raw)

| | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | template< class CharT >CharT tolower( CharT ch, const locale& loc ); | | |

Converts the character ch to lowercase if possible, using the conversion rules specified by the given locale's std::ctype facet.

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ch - character
loc - locale

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Returns the lowercase form of ch if one is listed in the locale, otherwise return ch unchanged.

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Only 1:1 character mapping can be performed by this function, e.g. the Greek uppercase letter 'Σ' has two lowercase forms, depending on the position in a word: 'σ' and 'ς'. A call to std::tolower cannot be used to obtain the correct lowercase form in this case.

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Possible output:

in the default locale, tolower(0x190) = 0x190 in Unicode locale, tolower(0x190) = 0x25b

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