NAME
toascii
- convert a byte to 7-bit ASCII
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
int
toascii(
int c
)
DESCRIPTION
The
toascii(
)
function returns the argument with all but the lower 7 bits cleared.
RETURN VALUES
The
toascii(
)
function always returns a valid ASCII character.
The result is a non-negative integer in the
range from 0 to 127, inclusive.
SEE ALSO
ctype(3),
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'') .