// tolower example (C++)
#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 (std::string::size_type i=0; i<str.length(); ++i)
    std::cout << std::tolower(str[i],loc);
  return 0;
}

欲了解更多信息:http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/locale/tolower/

std::ctype::tolower()从标准c++本地化库将正确地为您做这件事。下面是一个例子，从下面的参考页面提取

#include <locale>
#include <iostream>

int main () {
  std::locale::global(std::locale("en_US.utf8"));
  std::wcout.imbue(std::locale());
  std::wcout << "In US English UTF-8 locale:\n";
  auto& f = std::use_facet<std::ctype<wchar_t>>(std::locale());
  std::wstring str = L"HELLo, wORLD!";
  std::wcout << "Lowercase form of the string '" << str << "' is ";
  f.tolower(&str[0], &str[0] + str.size());
  std::wcout << "'" << str << "'\n";
}

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);

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; }

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);
}

这可能是另一个简单的版本，将大写字母转换为小写字母，反之亦然。我使用VS2017社区版来编译这个源代码。

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    std::string _input = "lowercasetouppercase";
#if 0
    // My idea is to use the ascii value to convert
    char upperA = 'A';
    char lowerA = 'a';

    cout << (int)upperA << endl; // ASCII value of 'A' -> 65
    cout << (int)lowerA << endl; // ASCII value of 'a' -> 97
    // 97-65 = 32; // Difference of ASCII value of upper and lower a
#endif // 0

    cout << "Input String = " << _input.c_str() << endl;
    for (int i = 0; i < _input.length(); ++i)
    {
        _input[i] -= 32; // To convert lower to upper
#if 0
        _input[i] += 32; // To convert upper to lower
#endif // 0
    }
    cout << "Output String = " << _input.c_str() << endl;

    return 0;
}

注意:如果有特殊字符，则需要使用条件检查来处理。