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27.Dd March 4, 2003
28.Dt WCTRANS 3
29.Os
30.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm wctrans
33.Nd get character mapping identifier by name
34.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libc
37.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In wctype.h
40.Ft wctrans_t
41.Fn wctrans "const char *charmap"
42.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Fn wctrans
46function returns a character mapping identifier corresponding to the
47locale-specific character mapping name
48.Fa charmap .
49This identifier can be used on the subsequent calls of
50.Fn towctrans .
51The following names are defined in all locales:
52.Bd -literal -offset indent
53tolower toupper
54.Ed
55.Pp
56The behaviour of
57.Fn wctrans
58is affected by the
59.Dv LC_CTYPE
60category of the current locale.
61.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
62.Sh RETURN VALUES
63.Fn wctrans
64returns:
65.Bl -tag -width 012345678901
66.It 0
67If the string
68.Fa charmap
69does not corresponding to a valid character mapping name.
70.It non-zero
71A character mapping identifier corresponding to
72.Fa charmap .
73.El
74.Pp
75Note: wctype_t is a scalar type, e.g., a pointer.
76.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
77.Sh ERRORS
78No errors are defined.
79.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
80.Sh SEE ALSO
81.Xr iswctype 3 ,
82.Xr setlocale 3 ,
83.Xr wctype 3
84.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
85.Sh STANDARDS
86The
87.Fn towctrans
88function conforms to
89.St -isoC-amd1 .
90