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Name

towctrans - wide-character transliteration

Library

Standard C library ( libc ", " -lc )

Synopsis

#include <wctype.h> 
wint_t towctrans(wint_t " wc ", wctrans_t  desc );

Description

If wc is a wide character, then the towctrans() function translates it according to the transliteration descriptor desc. If wc is WEOF ,WEOF is returned.

desc must be a transliteration descriptor returned by the wctrans(3) function.

Return Value

The towctrans() function returns the translated wide character, or WEOF if wc is WEOF .

Attributes

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). allbox; lbx lb lb T{ towctrans()
InterfaceAttributeValue
T}Thread safetyMT-Safe

Standards

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

History

POSIX.1-2001, C99.

Notes

The behavior of towctrans() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.

See Also

  1. towlower(3),
  2. towupper(3),
  3. wctrans(3)