NE_STRLOWER(3)

💖 NAME 💖

ne_strlower, ne_tolower, ne_tolower_array — bestie, we're turning strings and characters into lower-case, and honestly? it's giving lowercase era ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <ne_string.h>

const unsigned char *ne_tolower_array(void);
#define ne_tolower(c) (...)

char *ne_strlower(char *str);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so, the way that ne_strlower works is: it takes your str parameter and modifies every single character in it to its lower-case equivalent, in-place — like, right there in the actual string, no copy, no new buffer, main character behavior fr — and then it hands str right back to you. 🫶

The ne_tolower macro? She returns a lower-case equivalent of char c. iconic. And ne_tolower_array returns a character mapping table which is, ngl, an implementation detail of this macro — so like, it's the machinery behind the curtain, not something you're meant to vibe with directly. 💅

And here's the thing bestie, lowkey important: all of the above operate on ASCII characters, independent of the locale. So don't come at it expecting locale-aware behavior, because that is not what's happening here. periodt. 💀

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

ne_strlower returns the str parameter. that's it, that's the whole thing — she gives you back exactly what you gave her (but lowercase now) 💜

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🎀 HISTORY 🎀

The ne_strlower function is available in neon 0.37.0 and later. so if you're on anything older, bestie, it's not there, sorry not sorry 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• ne_strdup(3)

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright © 2001-2026 Joe Orton

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okay and that's the whole page, you ate that 💅✨ this was the neon API reference, neon version 0.37.1, dated 15 March 2026 — go lowercase something, ily, bye 🦋💖