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31.Dd June 4, 1993
32.Dt TOASCII 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm toascii
36.Nd convert a byte to 7-bit ASCII
37.Sh LIBRARY
38.Lb libc
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.In ctype.h
41.Ft int
42.Fn toascii "int c"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Fn toascii
46function strips all but the low 7 bits from a letter,
47including parity or other marker bits.
48.Sh RETURN VALUES
49The
50.Fn toascii
51function always returns a valid ASCII character.
52.Sh SEE ALSO
53.Xr digittoint 3 ,
54.Xr isalnum 3 ,
55.Xr isalpha 3 ,
56.Xr isascii 3 ,
57.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
58.Xr isdigit 3 ,
59.Xr isgraph 3 ,
60.Xr islower 3 ,
61.Xr isprint 3 ,
62.Xr ispunct 3 ,
63.Xr isspace 3 ,
64.Xr isupper 3 ,
65.Xr isxdigit 3 ,
66.Xr stdio 3 ,
67.Xr tolower 3 ,
68.Xr toupper 3 ,
69.Xr ascii 7
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