towctrans(3) Library Functions Manual towctrans(3) NAME towctrans - wide-character transliteration LIBRARY Standard C library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS #include wint_t towctrans(wint_t wc, wctrans_t desc); DESCRIPTION If wc is a wide character, then the towctrans() function translates it ac- cording to the transliteration descriptor desc. If wc is WEOF, WEOF is re- turned. desc must be a transliteration descriptor returned by the wctrans(3) func- tion. 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). allbox; lbx lb lb l l l. Interface Attribute Value T{ towctrans() T} Thread safety MT-Safe STANDARDS C11, POSIX.1-2008. HISTORY POSIX.1-2001, C99. NOTES The behavior of towctrans() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale. SEE ALSO towlower(3), towupper(3), wctrans(3) Linux man-pages 6.18 2026-02-08 towctrans(3)