toascii

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 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

SVr4, BSD, POSIX.1-2001. POSIX.1-2008 marks toascii() as obsolete, 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)