PROLOG¶

This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME¶

_toupper — transliterate lowercase characters to uppercase

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <ctype.h>

int _toupper(int c);

DESCRIPTION¶

The _toupper() macro shall be equivalent to toupper() except that the application shall ensure that the argument c is a lowercase letter.

RETURN VALUE¶

Upon successful completion, _toupper() shall return the uppercase letter corresponding to the argument passed.

ERRORS¶

No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES¶

None.

APPLICATION USAGE¶

Applications should use the toupper() function instead of the obsolescent _toupper() function.

RATIONALE¶

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS¶

The _toupper() function may be removed in a future version.

SEE ALSO¶

islower(), toupper()

The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Chapter 7, Locale, <ctype.h>

COPYRIGHT¶

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .

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