NAME¶

toascii - convert character to ASCII

LIBRARY¶

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <ctype.h>

[[deprecated]] int toascii(int c);

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)