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towlower(3)						     Library Functions Manual						       towlower(3)

NAME
towlower, towupper - Convert uppercase and lowercase wide characters LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc) SYNOPSIS
#include <wctype.h> wint_t towlower ( wint_t wc); wint_t towupper ( wint_t wc); STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows: towlower(), towupper(): XSH5.0 Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags. PARAMETERS
Specifies the wide character to convert. DESCRIPTION
The towlower() function converts the uppercase wide character specified by the wc parameter into the corresponding lowercase wide charac- ter. The towupper() function converts the lowercase wide character specified by the wc parameter into the corresponding uppercase wide character. The behavior of the towlower() and towupper() functions are affected by the LC_CTYPE category of the program's locale. [Tru64 UNIX] In a locale where case conversion information is not defined, these functions determine the case of characters according to the rules of the C locale. RETURN VALUES
In the towlower() function, if the wc parameter contains an uppercase wide character that has a corresponding lowercase wide character, that wide character is returned. Otherwise, the wc parameter is returned unchanged. In the towupper() function, if the wc parameter contains a lowercase wide character that has a corresponding uppercase wide character, that wide character is returned. Otherwise, the wc parameter is returned unchanged. RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: conv(3), setlocale(3), towctrans(3), wctrans(3) Standards: standards(5) delim off towlower(3)

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towctrans(3)						     Library Functions Manual						      towctrans(3)

NAME
towctrans - Converts a wide character according to a property defined in the current locale LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc.so, libc.a) SYNOPSIS
#include <wctype.h> wint_t towctrans( wint_t wc, wctrans_t conversion_handle ); STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows: towctrans(): ISO C Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags. PARAMETERS
Specifies a wide-character value Calls the wctrans() function to return the wide character mapped to wc according to a valid property in the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale. DESCRIPTION
The towctrans() function maps a wide character to its counterpart value according to a specified property, for example, tolower or toupper. Before calling towctrans(), you must call wctrans() to determine if the property is valid for the current locale and to create a handle for the property map. You then call towctrans() to return the wide-character value that corresponds to the wide-character value specified by wc. The following example shows a call to towctrans() that returns the lowercase equivalent of wc: towctrans(wc, wctrans("tolower")); The preceding call is equivalent to the following call: towlower(wc); Unlike the towlower() and towupper() functions, which deal specifically with case mapping, the combination of wctrans() and towctrans() functions are designed to be used with other properties that can be defined in a locale. RESTRICTIONS
Currently, tolower and toupper are the only supported property values. Defining additional properties in locales requires an extension to the localedef utility. The rules for implementing this extension are not yet available in current issues of the industry standards that apply to this utility. EXAMPLES
The following example converts the value in from_wc to uppercase: wint_t from_wc, to_wc; wctrans_t conv_handle; . . . conv_handle=wctrans("toupper"); to_wc=towctrans(from_wc,conv_handle); RETURN VALUES
The towctrans() function returns the mapped value of wc according to the mapping described by conversion_handle. If EOF is encountered or conversion_handle cannot be used, the function returns 0 (zero). RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: iswctype(3), towlower(3), wctrans(3), wctype(3) Files: locale(4) delim off towctrans(3)
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