MirBSD manpage: wctrans(3)

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

NAME

     wctrans - get character mapping identifier by name

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 identif-
     ier 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 VALUES

     wctrans() 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 ALSO

     iswctype(3), setlocale(3), wctype(3)

STANDARDS

     The towctrans() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899/AMD1:1995 ("ISO C90,
     Amendment 1").

MirBSD #10-current              March 4, 2003                                1