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28.Dd December 19, 2022
29.Dt DIGITTOINT 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm digittoint ,
33.Nm digittoint_l
34.Nd convert a numeric character to its integer value
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libc
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In ctype.h
39.Ft int
40.Fn digittoint "int c"
41.Ft int
42.Fn digittoint_l "int c" "locale_t loc"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Fn digittoint
46and
47.Fn digittoint_l
48functions convert a numeric character to its corresponding integer value.
49The character can be any decimal digit or hexadecimal digit.
50With hexadecimal characters, the case of the values does not matter.
51.Pp
52The
53.Fn digittoint_l
54function takes an explicit locale argument, whereas the
55.Fn digittoint
56function use the current global or per-thread locale.
57.Sh RETURN VALUES
58The
59.Fn digittoint
60and
61.Fn digittoint_l
62functions always return an integer from the range of 0 to 15.
63If the given character was not a digit as defined by
64.Xr isxdigit 3
65or
66.Xr isxdigit_l 3 ,
67the function will return 0.
68.Sh SEE ALSO
69.Xr ctype 3 ,
70.Xr ctype_l 3 ,
71.Xr isdigit 3 ,
72.Xr isdigit_l 3 ,
73.Xr isxdigit 3 ,
74.Xr isxdigit_l 3 ,
75.Xr xlocale 3
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