tolower, _tolower, towlower, _tolower_l, _towlower_l

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07/11/2012

Converts a character to lowercase.

int tolower(
   int c 
);
int _tolower(
   int c 
);
int towlower(
   wint_t c 
);
int _tolower_l(
   int c,
   _locale_t locale 
);
int _towlower_l(
   wint_t c,
   _locale_t locale 
);

Parameters

[in] c
Character to convert.
[in] locale
Locale to use for locale-specific translation.

Return Value

Each of these routines converts a copy of c to lower case if the conversion is possible, and returns the result. There is no return value reserved to indicate an error.

Remarks

Each of these routines converts a given uppercase letter to a lowercase letter if it is possible and relevant. The case conversion of towlower is locale-specific. Only the characters relevant to the current locale are changed in case. The functions without the _l suffix use the currently set locale. The versions of these functions that have the _l suffix take the locale as a parameter and use that instead of the currently set locale. For more information, see Locale.

In order for _tolower to give the expected results, __isascii and isupper must both return nonzero.

Generic-Text Routine Mappings

TCHAR.H routine	_UNICODE & _MBCS not defined	_MBCS defined	_UNICODE defined
_totlower	tolower	_mbctolower	towlower
_totlower_l	_tolower_l	_mbctolower_l	_towlower_l

Note

_tolower_l and _towlower_l have no locale dependence and are not meant to be called directly. They are provided for internal use by _totlower_l.

Requirements

Routine	Required header
tolower	<ctype.h>
_tolower	<ctype.h>
towlower	<ctype.h> or <wchar.h>

For additional compatibility information, see Compatibility in the Introduction.

Example

See the example in to Functions.

.NET Framework Equivalent

System::Char::ToLower

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