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31.Dd April 6, 2001
32.Dt DIGITTOINT 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm digittoint
36.Nd convert a numeric character to its integer value
37.Sh LIBRARY
38.Lb libc
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.In ctype.h
41.Ft int
42.Fn digittoint "int c"
43.Ft int
44.Fn digittoint_l "int c" "locale_t loc"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Fn digittoint
48function converts 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
60function always returns an integer from the range of 0 to 15.
61If the given character was not a digit as defined by
62.Xr isxdigit 3 ,
63the function will return 0.
64.Sh SEE ALSO
65.Xr ctype 3 ,
66.Xr isdigit 3 ,
67.Xr isxdigit 3 ,
68.Xr xlocale 3
69