_tolower - Man Page

transliterate uppercase characters to lowercase

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Synopsis

#include <ctype.h>

int _tolower(int c);

Description

The _tolower() macro shall be equivalent to tolower(c) except that the application shall ensure that the argument c is an uppercase letter.

Return Value

Upon successful completion, _tolower() shall return the lowercase letter corresponding to the argument passed.

Errors

No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.

Examples

None.

Application Usage

Applications should use the tolower() function instead of the obsolescent _tolower() function.

Rationale

None.

Future Directions

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

See Also

tolower(), isupper()

The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017, Chapter 7, Locale, <ctype.h>

Referenced By

ctype.h(0p).

2017 IEEE/The Open Group POSIX Programmer's Manual