How could one convert a string to upper case. The examples I have found from googling only have to deal with chars.
31 Answers
#include <algorithm>
#include <string>
std::string str = "Hello World";
std::transform(str.begin(), str.end(),str.begin(), ::toupper);
#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
#include <string>
std::string str = "Hello World";
boost::to_upper(str);
std::string newstr = boost::to_upper_copy<std::string>("Hello World");
struct convert {
void operator()(char& c) { c = toupper((unsigned char)c); }
};
// ...
string uc_str;
for_each(uc_str.begin(), uc_str.end(), convert());
Note: A couple of problems with the top solution:
21.5 Null-terminated sequence utilities
The contents of these headers shall be the same as the Standard C Library headers <ctype.h>, <wctype.h>, <string.h>, <wchar.h>, and <stdlib.h> [...]
Which means that the
cctypemembers may well be macros not suitable for direct consumption in standard algorithms.Another problem with the same example is that it does not cast the argument or verify that this is non-negative; this is especially dangerous for systems where plain
charis signed. (The reason being: if this is implemented as a macro it will probably use a lookup table and your argument indexes into that table. A negative index will give you UB.)
Do you have ASCII or International characters in strings?
If it's the latter case, "uppercasing" is not that simple, and it depends on the used alphabet. There are bicameral and unicameral alphabets. Only bicameral alphabets have different characters for upper and lower case. Also, there are composite characters, like Latin capital letter 'DZ' (\u01F1 'DZ') which use the so called title case. This means that only the first character (D) gets changed.
I suggest you look into ICU, and difference between Simple and Full Case Mappings. This might help:
#include <string>
#include <locale>
std::string str = "Hello World!";
auto & f = std::use_facet<std::ctype<char>>(std::locale());
f.toupper(str.data(), str.data() + str.size());
This will perform better than all the answers that use the global toupper function, and is presumably what boost::to_upper is doing underneath.
This is because ::toupper has to look up the locale - because it might've been changed by a different thread - for every invocation, whereas here only the call to locale() has this penalty. And looking up the locale generally involves taking a lock.
This also works with C++98 after you replace the auto, use of the new non-const str.data(), and add a space to break the template closing (">>" to "> >") like this:
std::use_facet<std::ctype<char> > & f =
std::use_facet<std::ctype<char> >(std::locale());
f.toupper(const_cast<char *>(str.data()), str.data() + str.size());
typedef std::string::value_type char_t;
char_t up_char( char_t ch )
{
return std::use_facet< std::ctype< char_t > >( std::locale() ).toupper( ch );
}
std::string toupper( const std::string &src )
{
std::string result;
std::transform( src.begin(), src.end(), std::back_inserter( result ), up_char );
return result;
}
const std::string src = "test test TEST";
std::cout << toupper( src );
The answer of @dirkgently is very inspiring, but I want to emphasize that due to the concern as is shown below,
Like all other functions from , the behavior of std::toupper is undefined if the argument's value is neither representable as unsigned char nor equal to EOF. To use these functions safely with plain chars (or signed chars), the argument should first be converted to unsigned char
Reference: std::toupper
As the standard does not specify if plain char is signed or unsigned[1],
the correct usage of std::toupper should be:
#include <algorithm>
#include <cctype>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <string>
void ToUpper(std::string& input)
{
std::for_each(std::begin(input), std::end(input), [](char& c) {
c = static_cast<char>(std::toupper(static_cast<unsigned char>(c)));
});
}
int main()
{
std::string s{ "Hello world!" };
std::cout << s << std::endl;
::ToUpper(s);
std::cout << s << std::endl;
return 0;
}
Output:
Hello world!
HELLO WORLD!
std::string str = "STriNg oF mIxID CasE lETteRS"
C++ 11
Using for_each
std::for_each(str.begin(), str.end(), [](char & c){ c = ::toupper(c); });Using transform
std::transform(str.begin(), str.end(), str.begin(), ::toupper);
C++ (Winodws Only)
_strupr_s(str, str.length());
C++ (Using Boost Library)
boost::to_upper_copy(str)
std::string value;
for (std::string::iterator p = value.begin(); value.end() != p; ++p)
*p = toupper(*p);
try the toupper() function (#include <ctype.h>). it accepts characters as arguments, strings are made up of characters, so you'll have to iterate over each individual character that when put together comprise the string
Using Boost.Text, which will work for Unicode text
boost::text::text t = "Hello World";
boost::text::text uppered;
boost::text::to_title(t, std::inserter(uppered, uppered.end()));
std::string newstr = uppered.extract();
If you only want to capitalize, try this function.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
string upper(string text){
string upperCase;
for(int it : text){
if(it>96&&it<123){
upperCase += char(it-32);
}else{
upperCase += char(it);
}
}
return upperCase;
}
int main() {
string text = "^_abcdfghopqrvmwxyz{|}";
cout<<text<<"/";
text = upper(text);
cout<<text;
return 0;
}
Error: Range-based 'for' loops are not allowed in C++98 mode
//Since I work on a MAC, and Windows methods mentioned do not work for me, I //just built this quick method.
string str;
str = "This String Will Print Out in all CAPS";
int len = str.size();
char b;
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++){
b = str[i];
b = toupper(b);
// b = to lower(b); //alternately
str[i] = b;
}
cout<<str;
not sure there is a built in function. Try this:
Include either the ctype.h OR cctype libraries, as well as the stdlib.h as part of the preprocessor directives.
string StringToUpper(string strToConvert)
{//change each element of the string to upper case
for(unsigned int i=0;i<strToConvert.length();i++)
{
strToConvert[i] = toupper(strToConvert[i]);
}
return strToConvert;//return the converted string
}
string StringToLower(string strToConvert)
{//change each element of the string to lower case
for(unsigned int i=0;i<strToConvert.length();i++)
{
strToConvert[i] = tolower(strToConvert[i]);
}
return strToConvert;//return the converted string
}
My solution (clearing 6th bit for alpha):
#include <ctype.h>
inline void toupper(char* str)
{
while (str[i]) {
if (islower(str[i]))
str[i] &= ~32; // Clear bit 6 as it is what differs (32) between Upper and Lowercases
i++;
}
}
Based on Kyle_the_hacker's -----> answer with my extras.
Ubuntu
In terminal
List all locales
locale -a
Install all locales
sudo apt-get install -y locales locales-all
Compile main.cpp
$ g++ main.cpp
Run compiled program
$ ./a.out
Results
Zoë Saldaña played in La maldición del padre Cardona. ëèñ αω óóChloë
Zoë Saldaña played in La maldición del padre Cardona. ëèñ αω óóChloë
ZOË SALDAÑA PLAYED IN LA MALDICIÓN DEL PADRE CARDONA. ËÈÑ ΑΩ ÓÓCHLOË
ZOË SALDAÑA PLAYED IN LA MALDICIÓN DEL PADRE CARDONA. ËÈÑ ΑΩ ÓÓCHLOË
zoë saldaña played in la maldición del padre cardona. ëèñ αω óóchloë
zoë saldaña played in la maldición del padre cardona. ëèñ αω óóchloë
Windows
In cmd run VCVARS developer tools
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
Compile main.cpp
> cl /EHa main.cpp /D "_DEBUG" /D "_CONSOLE" /D "_UNICODE" /D "UNICODE" /std:c++17 /DYNAMICBASE "kernel32.lib" "user32.lib" "gdi32.lib" "winspool.lib" "comdlg32.lib" "advapi32.lib" "shell32.lib" "ole32.lib" "oleaut32.lib" "uuid.lib" "odbc32.lib" "odbccp32.lib" /MTd
Compilador de optimización de C/C++ de Microsoft (R) versión 19.27.29111 para x64
(C) Microsoft Corporation. Todos los derechos reservados.
main.cpp
Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 14.27.29111.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
/out:main.exe
main.obj
kernel32.lib
user32.lib
gdi32.lib
winspool.lib
comdlg32.lib
advapi32.lib
shell32.lib
ole32.lib
oleaut32.lib
uuid.lib
odbc32.lib
odbccp32.lib
Run main.exe
>main.exe
Results
Zoë Saldaña played in La maldición del padre Cardona. ëèñ αω óóChloë
Zoë Saldaña played in La maldición del padre Cardona. ëèñ αω óóChloë
ZOË SALDAÑA PLAYED IN LA MALDICIÓN DEL PADRE CARDONA. ËÈÑ ΑΩ ÓÓCHLOË
ZOË SALDAÑA PLAYED IN LA MALDICIÓN DEL PADRE CARDONA. ËÈÑ ΑΩ ÓÓCHLOË
zoë saldaña played in la maldición del padre cardona. ëèñ αω óóchloë
zoë saldaña played in la maldición del padre cardona. ëèñ αω óóchloë
The code - main.cpp
This code was only tested on Windows x64 and Ubuntu Linux x64.
/*
* Filename: c:\Users\x\Cpp\main.cpp
* Path: c:\Users\x\Cpp
* Filename: /home/x/Cpp/main.cpp
* Path: /home/x/Cpp
* Created Date: Saturday, October 17th 2020, 10:43:31 pm
* Author: Joma
*
* No Copyright 2020
*/
#include <iostream>
#include <set>
#include <string>
#include <locale>
// WINDOWS
#if (_WIN32)
#include <Windows.h>
#include <conio.h>
#define WINDOWS_PLATFORM 1
#define DLLCALL STDCALL
#define DLLIMPORT _declspec(dllimport)
#define DLLEXPORT _declspec(dllexport)
#define DLLPRIVATE
#define NOMINMAX
//EMSCRIPTEN
#elif defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
#include <emscripten/emscripten.h>
#include <emscripten/bind.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <termios.h>
#define EMSCRIPTEN_PLATFORM 1
#define DLLCALL
#define DLLIMPORT
#define DLLEXPORT __attribute__((visibility("default")))
#define DLLPRIVATE __attribute__((visibility("hidden")))
// LINUX - Ubuntu, Fedora, , Centos, Debian, RedHat
#elif (__LINUX__ || __gnu_linux__ || __linux__ || __linux || linux)
#define LINUX_PLATFORM 1
#include <unistd.h>
#include <termios.h>
#define DLLCALL CDECL
#define DLLIMPORT
#define DLLEXPORT __attribute__((visibility("default")))
#define DLLPRIVATE __attribute__((visibility("hidden")))
#define CoTaskMemAlloc(p) malloc(p)
#define CoTaskMemFree(p) free(p)
//ANDROID
#elif (__ANDROID__ || ANDROID)
#define ANDROID_PLATFORM 1
#define DLLCALL
#define DLLIMPORT
#define DLLEXPORT __attribute__((visibility("default")))
#define DLLPRIVATE __attribute__((visibility("hidden")))
//MACOS
#elif defined(__APPLE__)
#include <unistd.h>
#include <termios.h>
#define DLLCALL
#define DLLIMPORT
#define DLLEXPORT __attribute__((visibility("default")))
#define DLLPRIVATE __attribute__((visibility("hidden")))
#include "TargetConditionals.h"
#if TARGET_OS_IPHONE && TARGET_IPHONE_SIMULATOR
#define IOS_SIMULATOR_PLATFORM 1
#elif TARGET_OS_IPHONE
#define IOS_PLATFORM 1
#elif TARGET_OS_MAC
#define MACOS_PLATFORM 1
#else
#endif
#endif
typedef std::string String;
typedef std::wstring WString;
#define EMPTY_STRING u8""s
#define EMPTY_WSTRING L""s
using namespace std::literals::string_literals;
class Strings
{
public:
static String WideStringToString(const WString& wstr)
{
if (wstr.empty())
{
return String();
}
size_t pos;
size_t begin = 0;
String ret;
#if WINDOWS_PLATFORM
int size;
pos = wstr.find(static_cast<wchar_t>(0), begin);
while (pos != WString::npos && begin < wstr.length())
{
WString segment = WString(&wstr[begin], pos - begin);
size = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, WC_ERR_INVALID_CHARS, &segment[0], segment.size(), NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
String converted = String(size, 0);
WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, WC_ERR_INVALID_CHARS, &segment[0], segment.size(), &converted[0], converted.size(), NULL, NULL);
ret.append(converted);
ret.append({ 0 });
begin = pos + 1;
pos = wstr.find(static_cast<wchar_t>(0), begin);
}
if (begin <= wstr.length())
{
WString segment = WString(&wstr[begin], wstr.length() - begin);
size = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, WC_ERR_INVALID_CHARS, &segment[0], segment.size(), NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
String converted = String(size, 0);
WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, WC_ERR_INVALID_CHARS, &segment[0], segment.size(), &converted[0], converted.size(), NULL, NULL);
ret.append(converted);
}
#elif LINUX_PLATFORM || MACOS_PLATFORM || EMSCRIPTEN_PLATFORM
size_t size;
pos = wstr.find(static_cast<wchar_t>(0), begin);
while (pos != WString::npos && begin < wstr.length())
{
WString segment = WString(&wstr[begin], pos - begin);
size = wcstombs(nullptr, segment.c_str(), 0);
String converted = String(size, 0);
wcstombs(&converted[0], segment.c_str(), converted.size());
ret.append(converted);
ret.append({ 0 });
begin = pos + 1;
pos = wstr.find(static_cast<wchar_t>(0), begin);
}
if (begin <= wstr.length())
{
WString segment = WString(&wstr[begin], wstr.length() - begin);
size = wcstombs(nullptr, segment.c_str(), 0);
String converted = String(size, 0);
wcstombs(&converted[0], segment.c_str(), converted.size());
ret.append(converted);
}
#else
static_assert(false, "Unknown Platform");
#endif
return ret;
}
static WString StringToWideString(const String& str)
{
if (str.empty())
{
return WString();
}
size_t pos;
size_t begin = 0;
WString ret;
#ifdef WINDOWS_PLATFORM
int size = 0;
pos = str.find(static_cast<char>(0), begin);
while (pos != std::string::npos) {
std::string segment = std::string(&str[begin], pos - begin);
std::wstring converted = std::wstring(segment.size() + 1, 0);
size = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, MB_ERR_INVALID_CHARS, &segment[0], segment.size(), &converted[0], converted.length());
converted.resize(size);
ret.append(converted);
ret.append({ 0 });
begin = pos + 1;
pos = str.find(static_cast<char>(0), begin);
}
if (begin < str.length()) {
std::string segment = std::string(&str[begin], str.length() - begin);
std::wstring converted = std::wstring(segment.size() + 1, 0);
size = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, MB_ERR_INVALID_CHARS, segment.c_str(), segment.size(), &converted[0], converted.length());
converted.resize(size);
ret.append(converted);
}
#elif LINUX_PLATFORM || MACOS_PLATFORM || EMSCRIPTEN_PLATFORM
size_t size;
pos = str.find(static_cast<char>(0), begin);
while (pos != String::npos)
{
String segment = String(&str[begin], pos - begin);
WString converted = WString(segment.size(), 0);
size = mbstowcs(&converted[0], &segment[0], converted.size());
converted.resize(size);
ret.append(converted);
ret.append({ 0 });
begin = pos + 1;
pos = str.find(static_cast<char>(0), begin);
}
if (begin < str.length())
{
String segment = String(&str[begin], str.length() - begin);
WString converted = WString(segment.size(), 0);
size = mbstowcs(&converted[0], &segment[0], converted.size());
converted.resize(size);
ret.append(converted);
}
#else
static_assert(false, "Unknown Platform");
#endif
return ret;
}
static WString ToUpper(const WString& data)
{
WString result = data;
auto& f = std::use_facet<std::ctype<wchar_t>>(std::locale());
f.toupper(&result[0], &result[0] + result.size());
return result;
}
static String ToUpper(const String& data)
{
return WideStringToString(ToUpper(StringToWideString(data)));
}
static WString ToLower(const WString& data)
{
WString result = data;
auto& f = std::use_facet<std::ctype<wchar_t>>(std::locale());
f.tolower(&result[0], &result[0] + result.size());
return result;
}
static String ToLower(const String& data)
{
return WideStringToString(ToLower(StringToWideString(data)));
}
};
enum class ConsoleTextStyle
{
DEFAULT = 0,
BOLD = 1,
FAINT = 2,
ITALIC = 3,
UNDERLINE = 4,
SLOW_BLINK = 5,
RAPID_BLINK = 6,
REVERSE = 7,
};
enum class ConsoleForeground
{
DEFAULT = 39,
BLACK = 30,
DARK_RED = 31,
DARK_GREEN = 32,
DARK_YELLOW = 33,
DARK_BLUE = 34,
DARK_MAGENTA = 35,
DARK_CYAN = 36,
GRAY = 37,
DARK_GRAY = 90,
RED = 91,
GREEN = 92,
YELLOW = 93,
BLUE = 94,
MAGENTA = 95,
CYAN = 96,
WHITE = 97
};
enum class ConsoleBackground
{
DEFAULT = 49,
BLACK = 40,
DARK_RED = 41,
DARK_GREEN = 42,
DARK_YELLOW = 43,
DARK_BLUE = 44,
DARK_MAGENTA = 45,
DARK_CYAN = 46,
GRAY = 47,
DARK_GRAY = 100,
RED = 101,
GREEN = 102,
YELLOW = 103,
BLUE = 104,
MAGENTA = 105,
CYAN = 106,
WHITE = 107
};
class Console
{
private:
static void EnableVirtualTermimalProcessing()
{
#if defined WINDOWS_PLATFORM
HANDLE hOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
DWORD dwMode = 0;
GetConsoleMode(hOut, &dwMode);
if (!(dwMode & ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING))
{
dwMode |= ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING;
SetConsoleMode(hOut, dwMode);
}
#endif
}
static void ResetTerminalFormat()
{
std::cout << u8"\033[0m";
}
static void SetVirtualTerminalFormat(ConsoleForeground foreground, ConsoleBackground background, std::set<ConsoleTextStyle> styles)
{
String format = u8"\033[";
format.append(std::to_string(static_cast<int>(foreground)));
format.append(u8";");
format.append(std::to_string(static_cast<int>(background)));
if (styles.size() > 0)
{
for (auto it = styles.begin(); it != styles.end(); ++it)
{
format.append(u8";");
format.append(std::to_string(static_cast<int>(*it)));
}
}
format.append(u8"m");
std::cout << format;
}
public:
static void Clear()
{
#ifdef WINDOWS_PLATFORM
std::system(u8"cls");
#elif LINUX_PLATFORM || defined MACOS_PLATFORM
std::system(u8"clear");
#elif EMSCRIPTEN_PLATFORM
emscripten::val::global()["console"].call<void>(u8"clear");
#else
static_assert(false, "Unknown Platform");
#endif
}
static void Write(const String& s, ConsoleForeground foreground = ConsoleForeground::DEFAULT, ConsoleBackground background = ConsoleBackground::DEFAULT, std::set<ConsoleTextStyle> styles = {})
{
#ifndef EMSCRIPTEN_PLATFORM
EnableVirtualTermimalProcessing();
SetVirtualTerminalFormat(foreground, background, styles);
#endif
String str = s;
#ifdef WINDOWS_PLATFORM
WString unicode = Strings::StringToWideString(str);
WriteConsole(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), unicode.c_str(), static_cast<DWORD>(unicode.length()), nullptr, nullptr);
#elif defined LINUX_PLATFORM || defined MACOS_PLATFORM || EMSCRIPTEN_PLATFORM
std::cout << str;
#else
static_assert(false, "Unknown Platform");
#endif
#ifndef EMSCRIPTEN_PLATFORM
ResetTerminalFormat();
#endif
}
static void WriteLine(const String& s, ConsoleForeground foreground = ConsoleForeground::DEFAULT, ConsoleBackground background = ConsoleBackground::DEFAULT, std::set<ConsoleTextStyle> styles = {})
{
Write(s, foreground, background, styles);
std::cout << std::endl;
}
static void Write(const WString& s, ConsoleForeground foreground = ConsoleForeground::DEFAULT, ConsoleBackground background = ConsoleBackground::DEFAULT, std::set<ConsoleTextStyle> styles = {})
{
#ifndef EMSCRIPTEN_PLATFORM
EnableVirtualTermimalProcessing();
SetVirtualTerminalFormat(foreground, background, styles);
#endif
WString str = s;
#ifdef WINDOWS_PLATFORM
WriteConsole(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), str.c_str(), static_cast<DWORD>(str.length()), nullptr, nullptr);
#elif LINUX_PLATFORM || MACOS_PLATFORM || EMSCRIPTEN_PLATFORM
std::cout << Strings::WideStringToString(str);
#else
static_assert(false, "Unknown Platform");
#endif
#ifndef EMSCRIPTEN_PLATFORM
ResetTerminalFormat();
#endif
}
static void WriteLine(const WString& s, ConsoleForeground foreground = ConsoleForeground::DEFAULT, ConsoleBackground background = ConsoleBackground::DEFAULT, std::set<ConsoleTextStyle> styles = {})
{
Write(s, foreground, background, styles);
std::cout << std::endl;
}
static void WriteLine()
{
std::cout << std::endl;
}
static void Pause()
{
char c;
do
{
c = getchar();
std::cout << "Press Key " << std::endl;
} while (c != 64);
std::cout << "KeyPressed" << std::endl;
}
static int PauseAny(bool printWhenPressed = false, ConsoleForeground foreground = ConsoleForeground::DEFAULT, ConsoleBackground background = ConsoleBackground::DEFAULT, std::set<ConsoleTextStyle> styles = {})
{
int ch;
#ifdef WINDOWS_PLATFORM
ch = _getch();
#elif LINUX_PLATFORM || MACOS_PLATFORM || EMSCRIPTEN_PLATFORM
struct termios oldt, newt;
tcgetattr(STDIN_FILENO, &oldt);
newt = oldt;
newt.c_lflag &= ~(ICANON | ECHO);
tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &newt);
ch = getchar();
tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &oldt);
#else
static_assert(false, "Unknown Platform");
#endif
if (printWhenPressed)
{
Console::Write(String(1, ch), foreground, background, styles);
}
return ch;
}
};
int main()
{
std::locale::global(std::locale(u8"en_US.UTF-8"));
String dataStr = u8"Zoë Saldaña played in La maldición del padre Cardona. ëèñ αω óóChloë";
WString dataWStr = L"Zoë Saldaña played in La maldición del padre Cardona. ëèñ αω óóChloë";
std::string locale = u8"";
//std::string locale = u8"de_DE.UTF-8";
//std::string locale = u8"en_US.UTF-8";
Console::WriteLine(dataStr);
Console::WriteLine(dataWStr);
dataStr = Strings::ToUpper(dataStr);
dataWStr = Strings::ToUpper(dataWStr);
Console::WriteLine(dataStr);
Console::WriteLine(dataWStr);
dataStr = Strings::ToLower(dataStr);
dataWStr = Strings::ToLower(dataWStr);
Console::WriteLine(dataStr);
Console::WriteLine(dataWStr);
Console::WriteLine(u8"Press any key to exit"s, ConsoleForeground::DARK_GRAY);
Console::PauseAny();
return 0;
}
This c++ function always returns the upper case string...
#include <locale>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
string toUpper (string str){
locale loc;
string n;
for (string::size_type i=0; i<str.length(); ++i)
n += toupper(str[i], loc);
return n;
}
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