xref: /original-bsd/lib/libc/locale/tolower.3 (revision 4092c5cc)
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9.\"
10.\"	@(#)tolower.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 06/04/93
11.\"
12.Dd
13.Dt TOLOWER 3
14.Os
15.Sh NAME
16.Nm tolower
17.Nd upper case to lower case letter conversion
18.Sh SYNOPSIS
19.Fd #include <ctype.h>
20.Ft int
21.Fn tolower "int c"
22.Sh DESCRIPTION
23The
24.Fn tolower
25function converts an upper-case letter to the corresponding lower-case
26letter.
27.Sh RETURN VALUES
28If the argument is an upper-case letter, the
29.Fn tolower
30function returns the corresponding lower-case letter if there is
31one; otherwise the argument is returned unchanged.
32.\" In the
33.\" .Em ``C''
34.\" locale,
35.\" .Fn tolower
36.\" maps only the characters for which
37.\" .Xr isupper
38.\" is true to the corresponding characters for which
39.\" .Xr islower
40.\" is true.
41.Sh SEE ALSO
42.Xr isascii 3 ,
43.Xr isalnum 3 ,
44.Xr isalpha 3 ,
45.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
46.Xr isdigit 3 ,
47.Xr isgraph 3 ,
48.Xr islower 3 ,
49.Xr isprint 3 ,
50.Xr ispunct 3 ,
51.Xr isspace 3 ,
52.Xr isupper 3 ,
53.Xr isxdigit 3 ,
54.Xr toascii 3 ,
55.Xr toupper 3 ,
56.Xr stdio 3
57.Xr ascii 7
58.Sh STANDARDS
59The
60.Fn tolower
61function conforms to
62.St -ansiC .
63