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NAME

       tolower - transliterate uppercase characters to lowercase

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ctype.h>

       int tolower(int c);

DESCRIPTION

       The  tolower()  function has as a domain a type int, the value of which
       is representable as an unsigned char  or  the  value  of  EOF.  If  the
       argument  has  any  other  value,  the  behavior  is  undefined. If the
       argument of tolower() represents an uppercase letter, and there  exists
       a  corresponding  lowercase  letter   (as  defined  by  character  type
       information in the program locale  category  LC_CTYPE  ),   the  result
       shall be the corresponding lowercase letter. All other arguments in the
       domain are returned unchanged.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon successful completion, tolower() shall return the lowercase letter
       corresponding  to  the  argument passed; otherwise, it shall return the
       argument unchanged.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       setlocale() , 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 .