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.TH TOWLOWER 3C "Jun 21, 2014"
.SH NAME
towlower, towlower_l \- transliterate upper-case wide characters to lower-case
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
#include <wctype.h>

\fBwint_t\fR \fBtowlower\fR(\fBwint_t\fR \fIwc\fR);
.fi
.LP
.nf
\fBwint_t\fR \fBtowlower_l\fR(\fBwint_t\fR \fIwc\fR, \fBlocale_t\fR \fIloc\fR);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The function
.BR towlower()
is the wide character equivalent of the function
.BR tolower (3C).
It converts the upper-case wide character
.I wc
to the equivalent lower-case
wide character, if one exists. If one does not exist, it returns
.I wc
unchanged.
.LP
The function
.B towlower_l()
is equivalent to the function
.BR towlower() ,
but instead of operating in the current locale, operates in the
locale specified by
.IR loc .
.SH RETURN VALUES
On successful completion,
.B towlower()
and
.B towlower_l()
return the lower-case character that corresponds to the argument passed.
Otherwise, they return the argument unchanged.
.SH ERRORS
No errors are defined.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability	Standard
_
MT-Level	MT-Safe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR newlocale (3C),
.BR setlocale (3C),
.BR towupper (3C),
.BR uselocale (3C),
.BR locale (7)