_TOLOWER(3P)               POSIX Programmer's Manual              _TOLOWER(3P)

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NAME
       _tolower -- transliterate uppercase characters to lowercase

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ctype.h>

       int _tolower(int c);

DESCRIPTION
       The _tolower() macro shall be equivalent to tolower(c) except that the
       application shall ensure that the argument c is an uppercase letter.

RETURN VALUE
       Upon successful completion, _tolower() shall return the lowercase
       letter corresponding to the argument passed.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
       None.

APPLICATION USAGE
       Applications should use the tolower() function instead of the
       obsolescent _tolower() function.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       The _tolower() function may be removed in a future version.

SEE ALSO
       tolower(), isupper()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017, Chapter 7, Locale,
       <ctype.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology --
       Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the
       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
       Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the
       original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The
       Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can
       be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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