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34.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
35.Dt TOLOWER 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm tolower ,
39.Nm _tolower
40.Nd upper case to lower case letter conversion
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Fd #include <ctype.h>
43.Ft int
44.Fn tolower "int c"
45.Ft int
46.Fn _tolower "int c"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn tolower
50function converts an upper-case letter to the corresponding lower-case
51letter.
52The
53.Fn _tolower
54function is identical to
55.Fn tolower
56except that
57.Ar c
58must be an upper-case letter.
59.Sh RETURN VALUES
60If the argument to the
61.Fn tolower
62function is an upper-case letter, the corresponding lower-case letter
63is returned if there is one; otherwise the argument is returned unchanged.
64If the argument to the
65.Fn _tolower
66function is an upper-case letter, the corresponding lower-case letter
67is returned; otherwise the output is undefined.
68.\" In the
69.\" .Em ``C''
70.\" locale,
71.\" .Fn tolower
72.\" maps only the characters for which
73.\" .Xr isupper
74.\" is true to the corresponding characters for which
75.\" .Xr islower
76.\" is true.
77.Sh SEE ALSO
78.Xr isalnum 3 ,
79.Xr isalpha 3 ,
80.Xr isascii 3 ,
81.Xr isblank 3 ,
82.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
83.Xr isdigit 3 ,
84.Xr isgraph 3 ,
85.Xr islower 3 ,
86.Xr isprint 3 ,
87.Xr ispunct 3 ,
88.Xr isspace 3 ,
89.Xr isupper 3 ,
90.Xr isxdigit 3 ,
91.Xr stdio 3 ,
92.Xr toascii 3 ,
93.Xr toupper 3 ,
94.Xr ascii 7
95.Sh STANDARDS
96The
97.Fn tolower
98and
99.Fn _tolower
100functions conform to
101.St -ansiC .
102