toascii (3)

TOASCII(3) Linux Programmer's Manual TOASCII(3) NAME toascii - convert character to ASCII SYNOPSIS #include <ctype.h> int toascii(int c); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): toascii(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE DESCRIPTION toascii() converts c to a 7-bit unsigned char value that fits into the ASCII character set, by clearing the high-order bits. RETURN VALUE The value returned is that of the converted character. CONFORMING TO SVr4, BSD, POSIX.1-2001. BUGS Many people will be unhappy if you use this function. This function will convert accented letters into random characters. SEE ALSO isascii(3), tolower(3), toupper(3) GNU 2007-07-26 TOASCII(3)