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29.Dd $Mdocdate: September 5 2017 $
30.Dt WCTRANS 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm wctrans ,
34.Nm wctrans_l
35.Nd get a character mapping identifier by name
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In wctype.h
38.Ft wctrans_t
39.Fn wctrans "const char *charmap"
40.Ft wctrans_t
41.Fn wctrans_l "const char *charmap" "locale_t locale"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43These functions return a character mapping identifier
44corresponding to the locale-specific character mapping name
45.Fa charmap .
46This identifier can be used in the subsequent calls of
47.Fn towctrans
48or
49.Fn towctrans_l ,
50respectively.
51.Pp
52The following names are defined in all locales:
53.Bd -literal -offset indent
54tolower toupper
55.Ed
56.Pp
57The function
58.Fn wctrans_l
59uses the specified
60.Fa locale ,
61whereas
62.Fn wctrans
63uses the thread-specific locale set with
64.Xr uselocale 3 ,
65falling back to the global locale set with
66.Xr setlocale 3 .
67.Sh RETURN VALUES
68These functions return the character mapping identifier, or
69.Po Vt wctrans_t Pc Ns 0
70if
71.Fa charmap
72does not corresponding to a valid character mapping name.
73.Sh SEE ALSO
74.Xr newlocale 3 ,
75.Xr setlocale 3 ,
76.Xr towctrans 3 ,
77.Xr towlower 3 ,
78.Xr wctype 3
79.Sh STANDARDS
80The
81.Fn wctrans
82function conforms to
83.St -isoC-amd1 ,
84and
85.Fn wctrans_l
86to
87.St -p1003.1-2008 .
88.Sh HISTORY
89The
90.Fn wctrans
91function has been available since
92.Ox 3.8 ,
93and
94.Fn wctrans_l
95since
96.Ox 6.2 .
97