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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

       None.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       tolower()    ,   isupper()   ,   the   Base   Definitions   volume   of
       IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Chapter 7, Locale, <ctype.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in  electronic  form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
       -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX),  The  Open  Group  Base
       Specifications  Issue  6,  Copyright  (C) 2001-2003 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 .