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.TH TOASCII 3 2007-07-26 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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toascii \- convert character to ASCII
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <ctype.h>
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.sp
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.BI "int toascii(int " "c" );
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.in -4n
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Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
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.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
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.BR toascii ():
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_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR toascii ()
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converts \fIc\fP to a 7-bit \fIunsigned char\fP value
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that fits into the ASCII character set, by clearing the
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high-order bits.
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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The value returned is that of the converted character.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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SVr4, BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
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.\" FIXME . Mar 08: The next POSIX.1 revisions marks toascii() obsolete.
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.SH BUGS
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Many people will be unhappy if you use this function.
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This function will convert accented letters into random characters.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR isascii (3),
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.BR tolower (3),
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.BR toupper (3)
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