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TOASCII

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
CONFORMING TO
BUGS
SEE ALSO

NAME

toascii ? convert character to ASCII

SYNOPSIS

#include <ctype.h>

int toascii (int c);

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.

CONFORMING TO

SVID, BSD

BUGS

Many people will be unhappy if you use this function. This function will convert accented letters into random characters.

SEE ALSO

isascii(3), toupper(3), tolower(3)


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