TOASCII(3)                  BSD Programmer's Manual                 TOASCII(3)

NAME
     toascii - convert a byte to 7-bit ASCII

SYNOPSIS
     #include <ctype.h>

     int
     toascii(int c)

DESCRIPTION
     The toascii() function strips all but the low 7 bits from a letter, in-
     cluding parity or other marker bits.

RETURN VALUES
     The toascii() function always returns a valid ASCII character.

SEE ALSO
     isascii(3),  isalnum(3),  isalpha(3),  iscntrl(3),  isdigit(3),
     isgraph(3),  islower(3),  isprint(3),  ispunct(3),  isspace(3),
     isupper(3),  isxdigit(3),  tolower(3),  toupper(3),  stdio(3),  ascii(7)

BSDI BSD/386                    March 26, 1993                               1