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Command: toascii | Section: 3 | Source: NetBSD | File: toascii.3
TOASCII(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual TOASCII(3)
NAME
toascii - convert a byte to 7-bit ASCII
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <ctype.h>
int
toascii(int c);
DESCRIPTION
The toascii() function returns the argument with all but the lower 7 bits
cleared.
RETURN VALUES
The toascii() function always returns a valid ASCII character. The
result is a non-negative integer in the range from 0 to 127, inclusive.
SEE ALSO
ctype(3), isalnum(3), isalpha(3), isascii(3), iscntrl(3), isdigit(3),
isgraph(3), islower(3), isprint(3), ispunct(3), isspace(3), isupper(3),
isxdigit(3), stdio(3), tolower(3), toupper(3), ascii(7)
STANDARDS
The toascii() function conforms to X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4
("XPG4") and IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 ("POSIX.1"). The IEEE Std 1003.1-2008
("POSIX.1") revision however marked it as obsolete, noting that toascii()
cannot be used portably in a localized application.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 April 30, 2010 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8