std::toupper(std::locale)

Header: <locale>

Converts the character ch to uppercase if possible, using the conversion rules specified by the given locale’s std::ctype facet.

# Declarations

template< class CharT >
CharT toupper( CharT ch, const locale& loc );

# Parameters

ch: character
loc: locale

# Return value

Returns the uppercase form of ch if one is listed in the locale, otherwise returns ch unchanged.

# Notes

Only 1:1 character mapping can be performed by this function, e.g. the uppercase form of ‘ß’ is (with some exceptions) the two-character string “SS”, which cannot be obtained by std::toupper.

# Example

#include <cwctype>
#include <iostream>
#include <locale>
 
int main()
{
    wchar_t c = L'\u017f'; // Latin small letter Long S ('ſ')
 
    std::cout << std::hex << std::showbase;
 
    std::cout << "in the default locale, toupper(" << (std::wint_t)c << ") = "
              << (std::wint_t)std::toupper(c, std::locale()) << '\n';
 
    std::cout << "in Unicode locale, toupper(" << (std::wint_t)c << ") = "
              << (std::wint_t)std::toupper(c, std::locale("en_US.utf8")) << '\n';
}