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toascii(3) Library Functions Manual toascii(3)

NAME top

   toascii - convert character to ASCII

LIBRARY top

   Standard C library (_libc_, _-lc_)

SYNOPSIS top

   **#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 top

   **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 top

   The value returned is that of the converted character.

ATTRIBUTES top

   For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
   [attributes(7)](../man7/attributes.7.html).
   ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
   │ **Interface** │ **Attribute** │ **Value** │
   ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
   │ **toascii**()                            │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
   └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS top

   POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY top

   SVr4, BSD, POSIX.1-2001.  Obsolete in POSIX.1-2008, noting that it
   cannot be used portably in a localized application.

BUGS top

   Many people will be unhappy if you use this function.  This
   function will convert accented letters into random characters.

SEE ALSO top

   [isascii(3)](../man3/isascii.3.html), [tolower(3)](../man3/tolower.3.html), [toupper(3)](../man3/toupper.3.html)

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