The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7
IEEE Std 1003.1-2008
Copyright © 2001-2008 The IEEE and The Open Group

NAME

toupper, toupper_l - transliterate lowercase characters to uppercase

SYNOPSIS

#include <ctype.h>

int toupper(int
c);

[CX] [Option Start] int toupper_l(int c, locale_t locale); [Option End]

DESCRIPTION

For toupper(): [CX] [Option Start]  The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2008 defers to the ISO C standard. [Option End]

The toupper() [CX] [Option Start]  and toupper_l() [Option End]  functions have 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 toupper() [CX] [Option Start]  or toupper_l() [Option End]  represents a lowercase letter, and there exists a corresponding uppercase letter as defined by character type information in the program locale [CX] [Option Start]  or in the locale represented by locale, [Option End]  respectively (category LC_CTYPE ), the result shall be the corresponding uppercase letter.

All other arguments in the domain are returned unchanged.

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, toupper() [CX] [Option Start]  and toupper_l() [Option End]  shall return the uppercase letter corresponding to the argument passed; otherwise, they shall return the argument unchanged.

ERRORS

The toupper_l() function may fail if:

[EINVAL]
[CX] [Option Start] locale is not a valid locale object handle. [Option End]

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

setlocale , uselocale

XBD Locale , <ctype.h> , <locale.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 1. Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID.

Issue 6

Extensions beyond the ISO C standard are marked.

Issue 7

SD5-XSH-ERN-181 is applied, clarifying the RETURN VALUE section.

The toupper_l() function is added from The Open Group Technical Standard, 2006, Extended API Set Part 4.

End of informative text.

 

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