WCTRANS(3)                 Library Functions Manual                 WCTRANS(3)

NAME
     towctrans, towctrans_l, wctrans, wctrans_l – wide character mapping
     functions

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <wctype.h>

     wint_t
     towctrans(wint_t wc, wctrans_t desc);

     wctrans_t
     wctrans(const char *charclass);

     #include <wctype.h>
     #include <xlocale.h>

     wint_t
     towctrans_l(wint_t wc, wctrans_t desc, locale_t loc);

     wctrans_t
     wctrans_l(const char *charclass, locale_t loc);

DESCRIPTION
     The wctrans() function returns a value of type wctrans_t, which
     represents the requested wide character mapping operation and may be used
     as the second argument for calls to towctrans().

     The following character mapping names are recognised:

           tolower        toupper

     The towctrans() function transliterates the wide character wc, according
     to the mapping described by desc.

     While the towctrans() and wctrans() functions use the current locale, the
     towctrans_l() and wctrans_l() functions may be passed locales directly.
     See xlocale(3) for more information.

RETURN VALUES
     The towctrans() function returns the transliterated character if
     successful, otherwise it returns the character unchanged and sets errno.

     The wctrans() function returns non-zero if successful, otherwise it
     returns zero and sets errno.

EXAMPLES
     Reimplement towupper() in terms of towctrans() and wctrans():

           wint_t
           mytowupper(wint_t wc)
           {
                   return (towctrans(wc, wctrans("toupper")));
           }

ERRORS
     The towctrans() function will fail if:

     [EINVAL]           The supplied desc argument is invalid.

     The wctrans() function will fail if:

     [EINVAL]           The requested mapping name is invalid.

SEE ALSO
     tolower(3), toupper(3), wctype(3), xlocale(3)

STANDARDS
     The towctrans() and wctrans() functions conform to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001
     (“POSIX.1”).

HISTORY
     The towctrans() and wctrans() functions first appeared in FreeBSD 5.0.

macOS 15.2                      October 3, 2002                     macOS 15.2