The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6
IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition
Copyright © 2001-2004 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.

NAME

_tolower - transliterate uppercase characters to lowercase

SYNOPSIS

[XSI] [Option Start] #include <ctype.h>

int _tolower(int c); [Option End]

DESCRIPTION

The _tolower() macro shall be equivalent to tolower(c) except that the application shall ensure that the argument c is an uppercase letter.

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, _tolower() shall return the lowercase letter corresponding to the argument passed.

ERRORS

No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

tolower(), isupper(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Chapter 7, Locale, <ctype.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 1. Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID.

Issue 6

The DESCRIPTION is updated to avoid use of the term "must" for application requirements.

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