_TOUPPER
Section: POSIX Programmer's Manual (3P)
Updated: 2017
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NAME
_toupper
--- transliterate lowercase characters to uppercase
SYNOPSIS
#include <ctype.h>
int _toupper(int c);
DESCRIPTION
The
_toupper()
macro shall be equivalent to
toupper()
except that the application shall ensure that the argument
c
is a lowercase letter.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion,
_toupper()
shall return the uppercase letter corresponding to the argument passed.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
Applications should use the
toupper()
function instead of the obsolescent
_toupper()
function.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
The
_toupper()
function may be removed in a future version.
SEE ALSO
islower(),
toupper()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017,
Chapter 7, Locale,
<ctype.h>
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