TOASCII(3P)						     POSIX Programmer's Manual						       TOASCII(3P)

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NAME

       toascii - translate an integer to a 7-bit ASCII character

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ctype.h>

       int toascii(int c);

DESCRIPTION

       The toascii() function shall convert its argument into a 7-bit ASCII character.

RETURN VALUE

       The toascii() function shall return the value (c &0x7f).

ERRORS

       No errors are returned.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       isascii(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <ctype.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
       ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
       Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and  the  original  IEEE
       and  The  Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained
       online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

IEEE
/The Open Group						       2003							       TOASCII(3P)