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

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#include 

bool
string2bool (const std::string & v)
{
    return !v.empty () &&
        (strcasecmp (v.c_str (), "true") == 0 ||
         atoi (v.c_str ()) != 0);
}

int
main ()
{
    std::string s;
    std::cout << "Please enter string: " << std::flush;
    std::cin >> s;
    std::cout << "This is " << (string2bool (s) ? "true" : "false") << std::endl;
}

An example input and output:

$ ./test 
Please enter string: 0
This is false
$ ./test 
Please enter string: 1
This is true
$ ./test 
Please enter string: 3
This is true
$ ./test 
Please enter string: TRuE
This is true
$