toupper()

Convert a character to uppercase

Synopsis:

#include <ctype.h>

int toupper( int c );

Arguments:

c

The character that you want to convert.

Library:

libc

Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.

Description:

The toupper() function converts c to a uppercase letter, if c represents a lowercase letter.

Returns:

The corresponding uppercase letter when the argument is a lowercase letter; otherwise, the original character is returned.

Examples:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>

char chars[] = {
    'a',
    '5',
    '$',
    'z'
};

#define SIZE sizeof( chars ) / sizeof( char )

int main( void )
  {
    int   i;

    for( i = 0; i < SIZE; i++ ) {
    printf( "%c ", toupper( chars[ i ] ) );
    }
    printf( "\n" );
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
  }

produces the output:

A 5 $ Z

Classification:

ANSI, POSIX 1003.1

See also:

isalnum(), isalpha(), iscntrl(), isdigit(), isgraph(), islower(), isprint(), ispunct(), isspace(), isupper(), isxdigit(), strlwr(), strupr(), tolower()