std::tolower(std::locale)
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| Defined in header <locale>
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| template< class CharT > CharT tolower( CharT ch, const locale& loc ); |
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Converts the character ch to lowercase if possible, using the conversion rules specified by the given locale's std::ctype facet.
Parameters
| ch | - | character |
| loc | - | locale |
Return value
Returns the lowercase form of ch if one is listed in the locale, otherwise return ch unchanged.
Notes
Only 1:1 character mapping can be performed by this function, e.g. the Greek uppercase letter 'Σ' has two lowercase forms, depending on the position in a word: 'σ' and 'ς'. A call to std::tolower cannot be used to obtain the correct lowercase form in this case.
Possible implementation
template< class CharT > CharT tolower( CharT ch, const std::locale& loc ) { return std::use_facet<std::ctype<CharT>>(loc).tolower(ch); } |
Example
Run this code
#include <iostream> #include <cwctype> #include <locale> int main() { wchar_t c = L'\u0190'; // Latin capital open E ('Ɛ') std::cout << std::hex << std::showbase; std::cout << "in the default locale, tolower(" << (std::wint_t)c << ") = " << (std::wint_t)std::tolower(c, std::locale()) << '\n'; std::cout << "in Unicode locale, tolower(" << (std::wint_t)c << ") = " << (std::wint_t)std::tolower(c, std::locale("en_US.utf8")) << '\n'; }
Possible output:
in the default locale, tolower(0x190) = 0x190 in Unicode locale, tolower(0x190) = 0x25b
See also
| converts a character to uppercase using the ctype facet of a locale (function template) | |
| converts a character to lowercase (function) | |
| converts a wide character to lowercase (function) |