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28.Dd March 4, 2003
29.Dt WCTRANS 3
30.Os
31.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm wctrans
34.Nd get character mapping identifier by name
35.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
36.Sh LIBRARY
37.Lb libc
38.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.In wctype.h
41.Ft wctrans_t
42.Fn wctrans "const char *charmap"
43.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Fn wctrans
47function returns a character mapping identifier corresponding to the
48locale-specific character mapping name
49.Fa charmap .
50This identifier can be used on the subsequent calls of
51.Fn towctrans .
52The following names are defined in all locales:
53.Bd -literal -offset indent
54tolower toupper
55.Ed
56.Pp
57The behaviour of
58.Fn wctrans
59is affected by the
60.Dv LC_CTYPE
61category of the current locale.
62.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
63.Sh RETURN VALUES
64.Fn wctrans
65returns:
66.Bl -tag -width 012345678901
67.It 0
68If the string
69.Fa charmap
70does not corresponding to a valid character mapping name.
71.It non-zero
72A character mapping identifier corresponding to
73.Fa charmap .
74.El
75.Pp
76Note: wctype_t is a scalar type, e.g., a pointer.
77.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
78.Sh ERRORS
79No errors are defined.
80.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
81.Sh SEE ALSO
82.Xr iswctype 3 ,
83.Xr setlocale 3 ,
84.Xr wctype 3
85.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
86.Sh STANDARDS
87The
88.Fn towctrans
89function conforms to
90.St -isoC-amd1 .
91