toascii(3STDC)

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NAME

toascii- convert a byte to 7-bit ASCII

SYNOPSIS

#include <ctype.h>

int toascii(int c);

API RESTRICTIONS

The function or functions documented here may not be used safely in all application contexts with all APIs provided in the ChorusOS 5.0 product.

See API(5FEA) for details.

DESCRIPTION

The toascii() function strips all but the lowest 7 bits from a letter, including parity or other marker bits.

RETURN VALUES

The toascii() function returns a valid ASCII character. This character is ASCII only according to the default locale. If another locale is currently in effect, the semantic correctness of the result is not specified.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability	Evolving

SEE ALSO

isascii(3STDC), ctype(3STDC), isalnum(3STDC), isalpha(3STDC), iscntrl(3STDC), isdigit(3STDC), isgraph(3STDC), islower(3STDC), isprint(3STDC), ispunct(3STDC), isspace(3STDC), isupper(3STDC), isxdigit(3STDC), tolower(3STDC), toupper(3STDC)

NOTES

This macro is only available in sources which have not used _POSIX_SOURCE or _ANSI_SOURCE flags when being compiled.

STANDARDS

Due to its dubious validity when used in conjunction with setlocale(), this function is no longer a part of ANSI-C.

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