caseless-str.h

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/*

Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Shai Ayal

This file is part of Octave.

Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
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*/

#if !defined (octave_caseless_str_h)
#define octave_caseless_str_h 1

#include <cctype>
#include <string>

class caseless_str : public std::string
{
public:

  typedef std::string::iterator iterator;
  typedef std::string::const_iterator const_iterator;

  caseless_str (void) : std::string () { }
  caseless_str (const std::string& s) : std::string (s) { }
  caseless_str (const char *s) : std::string (s) { }

  caseless_str (const caseless_str& name) : std::string (name) { }

  caseless_str& operator = (const caseless_str& pname)
  {
    std::string::operator = (pname);
    return *this;
  }

  operator std::string (void) const { return *this; }

  bool operator < (const std::string& s) const
  {
    const_iterator p1 = begin ();
    const_iterator p2 = s.begin ();

    while (p1 != end () && p2 != s.end ())
      {
        char lp1 = std::tolower (*p1), lp2 = std::tolower (*p2);

        if ( lp1 > lp2 )
          return false;
        if ( lp1 < lp2)
          return true;

        p1++;
        p2++;
      }

    if ( length () >= s.length ())
      return false;
    else
      return true;
  }

  // Case-insensitive comparison.
  bool compare (const std::string& s, size_t limit = std::string::npos) const
  {
    const_iterator p1 = begin ();
    const_iterator p2 = s.begin ();

    size_t k = 0;

    while (p1 != end () && p2 != s.end () && k++ < limit)
      {
        if (std::tolower (*p1) != std::tolower (*p2))
          return false;

        p1++;
        p2++;
      }

    return (limit == std::string::npos) ? size () == s.size () : k == limit;
  }
};

#endif