Converts a string into a form that is independent of case. The
result will not correspond to any particular case, but can be
compared for equality or ordered with the results of calling
g_utf8_casefold() on other strings.
Note that calling g_utf8_casefold() followed by g_utf8_collate() is
only an approximation to the correct linguistic case insensitive
ordering, though it is a fairly good one. Getting this exactly
right would require a more sophisticated collation function that
takes case sensitivity into account. GLib does not currently
provide such a function.
Parameters
str: string
a UTF-8 encoded string
len: number
length of str, in bytes, or -1 if str is nul-terminated.
Returns string
a newly allocated string, that is a case independent form of str.
Converts a string into a form that is independent of case. The result will not correspond to any particular case, but can be compared for equality or ordered with the results of calling
g_utf8_casefold()on other strings.Note that calling
g_utf8_casefold()followed byg_utf8_collate()is only an approximation to the correct linguistic case insensitive ordering, though it is a fairly good one. Getting this exactly right would require a more sophisticated collation function that takes case sensitivity into account. GLib does not currently provide such a function.