toascii(3)
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TOASCII(3) NetBSD Library Functions 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,
including 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 toascii() function conforms to X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4
(``XPG4'').
CAVEATS
The argument to toascii() must be EOF or representable as an unsigned
char; otherwise, the result is undefined.
NetBSD 4.0 December 24, 2004 NetBSD 4.0
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