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  1. C++
  2. String
  3. string compare

Compare string ignoring the case

  
 

#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cctype>
#include <cwctype>

using namespace std;

inline bool caseInsCharCompareN(char a, char b) {
   return(toupper(a) == toupper(b));
}


bool caseInsCompare(const string& s1, const string& s2) {
   return((s1.size( ) == s2.size( )) &&
          equal(s1.begin( ), s1.end( ), s2.begin( ), caseInsCharCompareN));
}

int main( ) {
   string s1 = "In the BEGINNING...";
   string s2 = "In the beginning...";

   if (caseInsCompare(s1, s2))
      cout << "Equal!\n";

}

/* 
Equal!

 */








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