Thread: Tolower

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    Tolower

    What I am trying to do is get the first letter from a person's name using the substr function, and then change the letter to lowercase. This is my code to do that:

    Code:
    firstLetter = final_last_name.substr(0, 1);
    firstLetter = static_cast<string>(tolower(firstLetter));


    Every time I try to compile the program, it gives me this error message:
    error C2664: 'tolower' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >' to 'int'


    I am using the header file cctype for the function tolower, and I have tried changing that "char" inside the static cast to "string" since I am manipulating strings in this program, but nothing seems to budge.

    Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.

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    >Any ideas would be appreciated.
    Code:
    firstLetter = tolower ( final_last_name[0] );
    Assuming firstLetter is suitably declared.
    My best code is written with the delete key.

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    Ah, I thought I would have to keep static_casting to change it to a lower case letter. I guess I keep forgetting that static casting is only for changing a data type.

    I appreciate your help.

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