TOASCII(3)                 POSIX Programmer's Manual                TOASCII(3)



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       OS manual page for details of OS behavior), or the interface may not be
       implemented on OS.

NAME
       toascii -- translate an integer to a 7-bit ASCII character

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>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology --
       Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the
       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
       Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the
       original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The
       Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can
       be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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