在微软平台上，您可以使用strlwr系列函数:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hkxwh33z.aspx

// crt_strlwr.c
// compile with: /W3
// This program uses _strlwr and _strupr to create
// uppercase and lowercase copies of a mixed-case string.
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main( void )
{
   char string[100] = "The String to End All Strings!";
   char * copy1 = _strdup( string ); // make two copies
   char * copy2 = _strdup( string );

   _strlwr( copy1 ); // C4996
   _strupr( copy2 ); // C4996

   printf( "Mixed: %s\n", string );
   printf( "Lower: %s\n", copy1 );
   printf( "Upper: %s\n", copy2 );

   free( copy1 );
   free( copy2 );
}

我写了一个模板版本，适用于任何字符串:

#include <type_traits> // std::decay
#include <ctype.h>    // std::toupper & std::tolower


template <class T = void> struct farg_t { using type = T; };
template <template<typename ...> class T1, 
class T2> struct farg_t <T1<T2>> { using type = T2*; };
//---------------

template<class T, class T2 = 
typename std::decay< typename farg_t<T>::type >::type>
void ToUpper(T& str) { T2 t = &str[0]; 
for (; *t; ++t) *t = std::toupper(*t); }


template<class T, class T2 = typename std::decay< typename 
farg_t<T>::type >::type>
void Tolower(T& str) { T2 t = &str[0]; 
for (; *t; ++t) *t = std::tolower(*t); }

用gcc编译器测试:

#include <iostream>
#include "upove_code.h"

int main()
{

    std::string str1 = "hEllo ";
    char str2 [] = "wOrld";

    ToUpper(str1);
    ToUpper(str2);
    std::cout << str1 << str2 << '\n'; 
    Tolower(str1);
    Tolower(str2);
    std::cout << str1 << str2 << '\n'; 
    return 0;
}

输出:

>HELLO WORLD
>
>hello world

因为你正在使用std::string，你正在使用c++。如果使用c++11或更高版本，则不需要任何花哨的东西。如果words是vector<string>，那么:

    for (auto & str : words) {
        for(auto & ch : str)
            ch = tolower(ch);
    }

没有奇怪的异常。可能想要使用w_char's，但除此之外，这应该全部到位。

复制是因为不允许改进答案。谢谢所以

string test = "Hello World";
for(auto& c : test)
{
   c = tolower(c);
}

解释:

For (auto& c: test)是一个基于范围的For循环，类似于For (range_declaration:range_expression)loop_statement:

Range_declaration: auto& c 这里auto说明符用于自动类型推断。类型从变量初始化式中扣除。 range_expression:测试 本例中的范围是字符串test的字符。

字符串test的字符可以在for循环中通过标识符c作为引用。

使用c++ 11中基于范围的for循环，代码会更简单:

#include <iostream>       // std::cout
#include <string>         // std::string
#include <locale>         // std::locale, std::tolower

int main ()
{
  std::locale loc;
  std::string str="Test String.\n";

 for(auto elem : str)
    std::cout << std::tolower(elem,loc);
}

由于没有一个答案提到即将到来的Ranges库，它从c++ 20开始就在标准库中可用，目前在GitHub上单独可用为range-v3，我想添加一种使用它执行转换的方法。

就地修改字符串:

str |= action::transform([](unsigned char c){ return std::tolower(c); });

生成一个新的字符串:

auto new_string = original_string
    | view::transform([](unsigned char c){ return std::tolower(c); });

(不要忘记#include <cctype>和所需的Ranges头。)

注意:使用unsigned char作为lambda的参数是受cppreference的启发，它声明:

Like all other functions from <cctype>, the behavior of std::tolower 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: char my_tolower(char ch) { return static_cast<char>(std::tolower(static_cast<unsigned char>(ch))); } Similarly, they should not be directly used with standard algorithms when the iterator's value type is char or signed char. Instead, convert the value to unsigned char first: std::string str_tolower(std::string s) { std::transform(s.begin(), s.end(), s.begin(), // static_cast<int(*)(int)>(std::tolower) // wrong // [](int c){ return std::tolower(c); } // wrong // [](char c){ return std::tolower(c); } // wrong [](unsigned char c){ return std::tolower(c); } // correct ); return s; }