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TOASCII(3)                NetBSD Programmer's Manual                TOASCII(3)


NAME

     toascii - convert a byte to 7-bit ASCII


LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)


SYNOPSIS

     #include <ctype.h>

     int
     toascii(int c);


DESCRIPTION

     The toascii() function strips all but the low 7 bits from a letter, in-
     cluding parity or other marker bits.


RETURN VALUES

     The toascii() function always returns a valid ASCII character.


SEE ALSO

     isalnum(3), isalpha(3), isascii(3), iscntrl(3), isdigit(3), isgraph(3),
     islower(3), isprint(3), ispunct(3), isspace(3), isupper(3), isxdigit(3),
     stdio(3), tolower(3), toupper(3), ascii(7)


STANDARDS

     The isascii() function conforms to X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4
     (``XPG4'').

NetBSD 1.6                       June 4, 1993                                1