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.\" Copyright (c) 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)toascii.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd September 3, 2009
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.Dt TOASCII 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm toascii
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.Nd convert a byte to 7-bit ASCII
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In ctype.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn toascii "int c"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn toascii
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function strips all but the low 7 bits from a letter,
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including parity or other marker bits.
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.Pp
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.Fn toascii
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function is a
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.Vt signed char ,
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as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
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.Vt unsigned char
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to avoid sign-extension errors.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Fn toascii
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function always returns a valid ASCII character.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr digittoint 3 ,
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.Xr isalnum 3 ,
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.Xr isalpha 3 ,
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.Xr isascii 3 ,
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.Xr iscntrl 3 ,
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.Xr isdigit 3 ,
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.Xr isgraph 3 ,
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.Xr islower 3 ,
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.Xr isprint 3 ,
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.Xr ispunct 3 ,
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.Xr isspace 3 ,
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.Xr isupper 3 ,
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.Xr isxdigit 3 ,
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.Xr stdio 3 ,
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.Xr tolower 3 ,
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.Xr toupper 3 ,
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.Xr ascii 7
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