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¶

toascii — translate an integer to a 7-bit ASCII character

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <ctype.h>

int toascii(int c);

DESCRIPTION¶

The toascii() function shall convert its argument into a 7-bit ASCII character.

RETURN VALUE¶

The toascii() function shall return the value (c &0x7f).

ERRORS¶

No errors are returned.

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES¶

None.

APPLICATION USAGE¶

The toascii() function cannot be used portably in a localized application.

RATIONALE¶

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS¶

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

SEE ALSO¶

isascii()

The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <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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