NAME

toascii - convert character to ASCII

SYNOPSIS

#include <ctype.h>

int toascii(int c);

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)