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Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
 
 

_tolower(3C)

Name

_tolower - transliterate uppercase characters to lowercase

Synopsis

#include <ctype.h>

int _tolower(int c);

Description

The _tolower() macro is equivalent to tolower(3C) except that the argument c must be an uppercase letter.

Return Values

On successful completion, _tolower() returns the lowercase letter corresponding to the argument passed.

Errors

No errors are defined.

Attributes

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE
ATTRIBUTE VALUE
CSI
Enabled
Interface Stability
Standard
MT-Level
MT-Safe

See Also

isupper(3C), tolower(3C), attributes(7), standards(7)

Notes

The Single UNIX Specification, Version 4 standard marked this interface obsolescent.