_TOUPPER(3POSIX)                            POSIX Programmer's Manual                           _TOUPPER(3POSIX)

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       may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME

       _toupper — transliterate lowercase characters to uppercase

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ctype.h>

       int _toupper(int c);

DESCRIPTION

       The  _toupper()  macro shall be equivalent to toupper() except that the application shall ensure that the
       argument c is a lowercase letter.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon successful completion, _toupper() shall return the uppercase letter corresponding  to  the  argument
       passed.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       Applications should use the toupper() function instead of the obsolescent _toupper() function.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       The _toupper() function may be removed in a future version.

SEE ALSO

       islower(), toupper()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Chapter 7, Locale, <ctype.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard
       for  Information  Technology  --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface  (POSIX),  The  Open  Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 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 .

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IEEE/The Open Group                                   2017                                      _TOUPPER(3POSIX)