---
name: "firestring_estr_tolower"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libfirestring-dev"
version: "0.9.12-8"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/firestring_estr_tolower"
---

# firestring\_estr\_tolower(3)

convert all letters in an estring to lower case

## NAME

firestring\_estr\_tolower - convert all letters in an estring to lower case

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<firestring.h\>**\
 **-lfirestring**

**int firestring\_estr\_tolower(struct firestring\_estr\_t \****dest***, struct firestring\_estr\_t \****source***, const long** *start***)**

## DESCRIPTION

firestring\_estr\_tolower() copies the data in *source* starting at position *start* to *dest*, replacing any uppercase characters with lowercase ones by using [*tolower*(3)](/tolower/3.md). *source* and *dest* can be the same string.

## RETURN VALUE

0 if the string was copied successfully; 1 if there was insufficient space in *destination* for the copy to occur.

## AUTHOR

Ian Gulliver \<ian@penguinhosting.net\>

## SEE ALSO

[**libfirestring**(3)](/libfirestring/3.md)