Wide char string to tolower

[T RATHA KRISHNAN]

Hi! I've to convert a wide char string to tolower. This the code I used.

s32 id = profileList->getSelected();
stringw strtoDelete = profileList->getListItem(profileList->getSelected());
if(!strcmp(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(tolower(strtoDelete.c_str())),reinterpret_cast<const char*>("default")))
{
profileList->removeItem(id);
}

But I got the following errors: Error 5 error C2143: syntax error : missing ')' before '{' d:\goldminer\source\game\gamemenuprofilestate.cpp 237 Error 4 error C2661: 'strcmp' : no overloaded function takes 1 arguments d:\goldminer\source\game\gamemenuprofilestate.cpp 236 Error 3 error C2664: 'tolower' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const wchar_t *' to 'int' d:\goldminer\source\game\gamemenuprofilestate.cpp 236 7 IntelliSense: argument of type "const wchar_t *" is incompatible with parameter of type "int" d:\goldminer\source\game\gamemenuprofilestate.cpp 236 How to convert a wide char string to tolower?

[_Superman_]

Take a look here - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/313970/stl-string-to-lower-case[^]

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[T RATHA KRISHNAN]

Hi! Is there any single function for string<wchar_t> which works like tolower?

[Aescleal]

C99 defines a towlower which converts a single character. There's an implementation in VC++ from at 2003 onwards. You can use that with std::transform to convert a wide string to lowercase. Cheers, Ash PS: Most of the time when you're having to use reinterpret_cast to shut the compiler up there's something a bit wrong with your code. Using strcmp is usually an additional signal, especially when you're using it with C++ style strings. PPS: Just out of interest why are you trying to compare a C++ wide string to a narrow C string? Wouldn't it be far easier to just say:

if( strToDelete == L"default" )
{
// ....
}

or am I missing something fundamental here?

[Lost User]

Why not use _wcsicmp[^]?

Just say 'NO' to evaluated arguments for diadic functions! Ash

[Sauro Viti]

Not only: using reinterpret_cast to convert a pointer to C-style unicode string to a pointer to C-style ANSI string simply produces crashes or wrong results. To convert from unicode to ANSI or viceversa there are specific functions!

[Sameerkumar Namdeo]

wstring strtoDelete = ............
wstring szDefault = L"default";

if(!_tcscmp(reinterpret_cast<const TCHAR*>(_tcslwr(strtoDelete.c_str())), szDefault.c_str()))
{
....
}

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