add utility to convert a string to lowercase

src/utils.cpp

@@ -694,6 +694,17 @@ char *utils::strdup(const std::string &text)
   return tmp;
 }
 
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+   Return string converted to lowercase
+------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+std::string utils::lowercase(const std::string &text)
+{
+  std::string converted;
+  for (auto c : text) converted += ::tolower(c);
+  return converted;
+}
+
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Return string without leading or trailing whitespace
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */

src/utils.h

@@ -282,6 +282,13 @@ namespace utils {
 
   char *strdup(const std::string &text);
 
+  /*! Convert string to lowercase
+   *
+   * \param line  string that should be converted
+   * \return new string with all lowercase characters */
+
+  std::string lowercase(const std::string &line);
+
   /*! Trim leading and trailing whitespace. Like TRIM() in Fortran.
    *
    * \param line  string that should be trimmed