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diff --git a/man3/toascii.3 b/man3/toascii.3 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5180bc70d --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/toascii.3 @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +.\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source. +.\" (c) 1995 by Jim Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com> +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this +.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are +.\" preserved on all copies. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this +.\" manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the +.\" entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a +.\" permission notice identical to this one. +.\" +.\" Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this +.\" manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume no +.\" responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from +.\" the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may not +.\" have taken the same level of care in the production of this manual, +.\" which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working +.\" professionally. +.\" +.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by +.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. +.\" License. +.\" +.\" Added BUGS section, aeb, 950919 +.\" +.TH TOASCII 3 1995-09-16 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +toascii \- convert character to ASCII +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <ctype.h> +.sp +.BI "int toascii(int " "c" ); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +\fBtoascii\fP() converts \fIc\fP to a 7-bit \fBunsigned char\fP value +that fits into the ASCII character set, by clearing the +high-order bits. +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +The value returned is that of the converted character. +.SH "CONFORMING TO" +SVID, BSD +.SH BUGS +Many people will be unhappy if you use this function. +This function will convert accented letters into random characters. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR isascii (3), +.BR tolower (3), +.BR toupper (3) |