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.TH tolower 3C++ "02 Apr 1998" "Rogue Wave Software" "-"
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Standard C++ Library   
Copyright 1998, Rogue Wave Software, Inc.   

.SH NAME

\f2tolower\fP

\ - Converts a character to lower case.



.SH  SYNOPSIS


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#include <locale>
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template <class charT> 
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charT tolower (charT c, const locale& loc) const;



.SH  DESCRIPTION


The tolower function returns the parameter \f2c\fP after converting it to lower case. The conversion is made using the ctype facet from the locale parameter.



.SH  EXAMPLE



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// 
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// toupper.cpp
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//
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#include <iostream>
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int main ()
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{
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using namespace std;
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locale loc;
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cout << 'a' << toupper('c') << tolower('F') << endl;
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return 0;
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}



.SH  SEE ALSO


toupper, locale, ctype