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wconv(3C)																 wconv(3C)

NAME
towupper(), towlower() - translate wide characters SYNOPSIS
Remarks: These functions are compliant with the XPG4 Worldwide Portability Interface wide-character conversion functions. They parallel the 8-bit character conversion functions defined in conv(3C). DESCRIPTION
and have as domain a the value of which is representable as a or the value If the argument has any other value, the behavior is undefined. If the argument of represents a lowercase letter, the result is the corresponding uppercase letter. If the argument of represents an uppercase letter, the result is the corresponding lowercase letter. All other arguments are returned unchanged. Definitions for these functions, the types and the value are provided in the header. EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Locale The category determines the translations to be done. International Code Set Support Single-byte and multi-byte character code sets are supported. AUTHOR
was developed by IBM, OSF, and HP. SEE ALSO
conv(3C), multibyte(3C), wctype(3C), setlocale(3C), lang(5), thread_safety(5). STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
wconv(3C)

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conv(3C)																  conv(3C)

NAME
toupper(), tolower(), _toupper(), _tolower(), toascii() - translate characters SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
and have as domain the range of getc(3S): the integers from -1 through 255. If the argument of represents a lower-case letter, the result is the corresponding upper-case letter. If the argument of represents an upper-case letter, the result is the corresponding lower-case letter. All other arguments in the domain are returned unchanged. Arguments outside the domain cause undefined results. The macros and are identical to and respectively. yields its argument with all bits that are not part of a standard 7-bit ASCII character cleared; it is intended for compatibility with other systems. WARNINGS
is supplied both as a library function and as a macro defined in the header. Normally, the macro version is used. To obtain the library function, either use a to remove the macro definition or, if compiling in ANSI C mode, enclose the function name in parenthesis or take its address. The following examples use the library function for or The following example use the library function for EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Locale The category determines the translations to be done. International Code Set Support Single-byte character code sets are supported. AUTHOR
was developed by IBM, OSF, and HP. SEE ALSO
ctype(3C), getc(3S), setlocale(3C), lang(5), thread_safety(5). STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
conv(3C)
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