toascii - Man Page

translate an integer to a 7-bit ASCII character

Prolog

This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

Synopsis

#include <ctype.h>

int toascii(int c);

Description

The toascii() function shall convert its argument into a 7-bit ASCII character.

Return Value

The toascii() function shall return the value (c &0x7f).

Errors

No errors are returned.

The following sections are informative.

Examples

None.

Application Usage

The toascii() function cannot be used portably in a localized application.

Rationale

None.

Future Directions

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

See Also

isascii()

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

Referenced By

ctype.h(0p).

2017 IEEE/The Open Group POSIX Programmer's Manual