toascii

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Header File

ctype.h

Category

Conversion Routines

Prototype

int toascii(int c);

Description

Translates characters to ASCII format.

toascii is a macro that converts the integer c to ASCII by clearing all but the lower 7 bits; this gives a value in the range 0 to 127.

Return Value

toascii returns the converted value of c.

Example

#include <ctype.h>
char* asciify(char* input)
{
  while (*input)
  {
    *input = toascii(*input);
    input++;
  }

  return input;
}

Portability

POSIX	Win32	ANSI C	ANSI C++
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