如果字符串包含ASCII范围之外的UTF-8字符，则boost::algorithm::to_lower将不会转换这些字符。当涉及UTF-8时，最好使用boost::locale::to_lower。参见http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_51_0/libs/locale/doc/html/conversions.html

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

Boost为此提供了一个字符串算法:

#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>

std::string str = "HELLO, WORLD!";
boost::algorithm::to_lower(str); // modifies str

或者，对于非原位:

#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>

const std::string str = "HELLO, WORLD!";
const std::string lower_str = boost::algorithm::to_lower_copy(str);

我写了这个简单的helper函数:

#include <locale> // tolower

string to_lower(string s) {        
    for(char &c : s)
        c = tolower(c);
    return s;
}

用法:

string s = "TEST";
cout << to_lower("HELLO WORLD"); // output: "hello word"
cout << to_lower(s); // won't change the original variable.

改编自《不常见问题》:

#include <algorithm>
#include <cctype>
#include <string>

std::string data = "Abc";
std::transform(data.begin(), data.end(), data.begin(),
    [](unsigned char c){ return std::tolower(c); });

如果不遍历每个字符，你真的无法逃脱。否则就无法知道字符是小写还是大写。

如果你真的讨厌ower()，这里有一个专门的ascii替代方案，我不建议你使用:

char asciitolower(char in) {
    if (in <= 'Z' && in >= 'A')
        return in - ('Z' - 'z');
    return in;
}

std::transform(data.begin(), data.end(), data.begin(), asciitolower);

请注意，tolower()只能执行单个字节的字符替换，这不适用于许多脚本，特别是在使用UTF-8这样的多字节编码时。

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; }