toascii - Man Page

convert character to ASCII

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Synopsis

#include <ctype.h>

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

Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

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).

InterfaceAttributeValue
toascii()Thread safetyMT-Safe

Standards

POSIX.1-2008.

History

SVr4, BSD, POSIX.1-2001. Obsolete in POSIX.1-2008, 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)

Info

2024-07-23 Linux man-pages 6.13