Subj : string comparison
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : "Base8" <Base8@base8.com>
Date : Mon Nov 24 2003 05:25 am

Is there a simple way to do this?  Any help appreciated.  My intention is to
look at the first character of a passed string and verify that it contains
either an upper or lower case alpha ( >= a && <= z ) and ( >= A && <= Z ).
So, I figure I'd do a case insensitive comparison on the string and simply
test for zero (i.e. below).  Well, no dice.  I'm sure I've seen this, I just
can't put my fingers on it.



newstring = new char[ sizeof(passedstring + 1 )] ;
assert( newstring != 0 ) ;
  if(strlen(passedstring) >= 5 && strlen(passedstring) <= 8 )
    { strcpy(newstring, passedstring) ;
       return 0 ; }
  if( strncmpi(passedstring,(>="a" & <="z"),1)==0 )     <-------here
    { return 0 ;  }
  else return -1 ;

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