1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/stdalgo.h b/include/stdalgo.h
index 3e00a4cdc..12ec76275 100644
--- a/include/stdalgo.h
+++ b/include/stdalgo.h
@@ -64,6 +64,38 @@ namespace stdalgo
 		}
 	}
 
+	namespace string
+	{
+		/** Get underlying C string of the string passed as parameter. Useful in template functions.
+		 * @param str C string
+		 * @return Same as input
+		 */
+		inline const char* tocstr(const char* str)
+		{
+			return str;
+		}
+
+		/** Get underlying C string of the string passed as parameter. Useful in template functions.
+		 * @param str std::string object
+		 * @return str.c_str()
+		 */
+		inline const char* tocstr(const std::string& str)
+		{
+			return str.c_str();
+		}
+
+		/** Check if two strings are equal case insensitively.
+		 * @param str1 First string to compare.
+		 * @param str2 Second string to compare.
+		 * @return True if the strings are equal case-insensitively, false otherwise.
+		 */
+		template <typename S1, typename S2>
+		inline bool equalsci(const S1& str1, const S2& str2)
+		{
+			return (!strcasecmp(tocstr(str1), tocstr(str2)));
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Deleter that uses operator delete to delete the item
 	 */