Re: std::string and case insensitive comparison

From:
"Jim Langston" <tazmaster@rocketmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:56:09 -0700
Message-ID:
<y_Rni.28$UF5.3@newsfe03.lga>
"Mosfet" <anonymous@free.fr> wrote in message
news:469fe09f$0$24914$426a74cc@news.free.fr...

Hi,

what is the most efficient way of doing a case insensitive comparison ?
I am trying to write a universal String class and I am stuck with the case
insensitive part :

TCHAR is a char in MultiByte String env (MBCS)
and wchar_t if UNICODE

#if defined(WIN32) || defined(UNDER_CE)
typedef std::basic_string<TCHAR, std::char_traits<TCHAR>,
std::allocator<TCHAR> > tstring;
#else

#endif
#endif

class String : public Object
{
private:
tstring m_str;

public:
String(){}

String(LPCTSTR lpsz)
{
m_str = lpsz;
}

String(tstring str)
{
m_str = str;
}
// Comparison
int Compare( LPCTSTR psz ) const
{
return m_str.compare(psz);
}

int CompareNoCase( LPCTSTR psz ) const
{
???
}

// Convert the string to lowercase
String& MakeLower( LPCTSTR psz )
{
std::transform(m_str.begin(), m_str.end(), m_str.begin(), tolower);
return *this;
}

}


This is what I use. I'm not sure if it's optimal, but it works.

    bool StrLowCompare( std::string String1, std::string String2 )
    {
        std::transform(String1.begin(), String1.end(), String1.begin(),
tolower);
        std::transform(String2.begin(), String2.end(), String2.begin(),
tolower);
        return String1 == String2;
    }

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