towlower

Name

towlower - convert a wide character to lowercase

Library

libc.lib

Synopsis

#include <wctype.h>

wint_t towlower (wint_t wc);

Return values

If the argument is an upper-case letter, the towlower function returns the corresponding lower-case letter if there is one; otherwise the argument is returned unchanged.

Detailed description

The towlower function converts an upper-case letter to the corresponding lower-case letter.

The behavior of the towlower is affected by LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.

Examples

#include <wchar.h>
/* Illustrates how to use towlower API */
wint_t example_towlower(void)
{ 
 /* input character */
  wint_t uwc = L’M’; 
  wint_t lwc;
  /* convert a wide char from upper case to lower case */
  lwc = towlower(uwc);
 
 /* return the converted char or error if not */
  return lwc;
}

Limitations

The current implementation of towlower is dependent on the locale support of SYMBIAN. It doesn’t work for the locales which the SYMBIAN

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