TOASCII
Section: POSIX Programmer's Manual (3P)
Updated: 2017
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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
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from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition,
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Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.
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