towctrans(3)

towctrans3

Wide-character transliteration

Usage

#include <wctype.h>

wint_t towctrans(wint_t wc, wctrans_t desc);

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

If wc is a wide character, then the towctrans() function translates it according to the transliteration descriptor desc. If wc is WEOF, WEOF is returned.

desc must be a transliteration descriptor returned by the wctrans(3) function.

Return value

The towctrans() function returns the translated wide character, or WEOF if wc is WEOF.

Attributes

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

InterfaceAttributeValue
towctrans()Thread safetyMT-Safe

Notes

The behavior of towctrans() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.

Releases

14 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 13 times.

  1. 2.2
  2. 3.0
  3. 3.1
  4. 4.0
  5. 5.0
  6. 6.0
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. Arch

Standards

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

History

POSIX.1-2001, C99.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.