Convert a String In C++ To Upper Case

Question

How could one convert a string to upper case. The examples I have found from googling only have to deal with chars.

Answer 1

//works for ASCII -- no clear advantage over what is already posted...

std::string toupper(const std::string & s)
{
    std::string ret(s.size(), char());
    for(unsigned int i = 0; i < s.size(); ++i)
        ret[i] = (s[i] <= 'z' && s[i] >= 'a') ? s[i]-('a'-'A') : s[i];
    return ret;
}