WCTRANS(3) BSD Library Functions Manual WCTRANS(3)NAMEwctrans — get character mapping identifier by name
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <wctype.h>
wctrans_t
wctrans(const char *charmap);
DESCRIPTION
The wctrans() function returns a character mapping identifier correspond‐
ing to the locale-specific character mapping name charmap. This identi‐
fier can be used on the subsequent calls of towctrans(). The following
names are defined in all locales:
tolower toupper
The behaviour of wctrans() is affected by the LC_CTYPE category of the
current locale.
RETURN VALUESwctrans() returns:
0 If the string charmap does not corresponding to a valid
character mapping name.
non-zero A character mapping identifier corresponding to charmap.
Note: wctype_t is a scalar type, e.g., a pointer.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
SEE ALSOiswctype(3), setlocale(3), wctype(3)STANDARDS
The towctrans() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899/AMD1:1995 (“ISO C90,
Amendment 1”).
BSD March 4, 2003 BSD