toascii - convert character to ASCII
Contents
Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
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│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ toascii() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
Bugs
Many people will be unhappy if you use this function. This function will convert accented letters into
random characters.
Description
toascii() converts c to a 7-bit unsignedchar value that fits into the ASCII character set, by clearing
the high-order bits.
History
SVr4, BSD, POSIX.1-2001. Obsolete in POSIX.1-2008, noting that it cannot be used portably in a localized
application.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
toascii - convert character to ASCII
Return Value
The value returned is that of the converted character.
See Also
isascii(3), tolower(3), toupper(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 toascii(3)
Standards
POSIX.1-2008.
Synopsis
#include<ctype.h>[[deprecated]]inttoascii(intc); 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
