c++ std::string to boolean

Question

I am currently reading from an ini file with a key/value pair. i.e.

isValid = true

When get the key/value pair I need to convert a string

Answer 1

If you can't use boost, try strcasecmp:

#include 

std::string value = "TrUe";

bool isTrue = (strcasecmp("true",value.c_str()) == 0);