Find if string ends with another string in C++

Question

How can I find if a string ends with another string in C++?

Answer 1

Check if str has suffix, using below:

/*
Check string is end with extension/suffix
*/
int strEndWith(char* str, const char* suffix)
{
  size_t strLen = strlen(str);
  size_t suffixLen = strlen(suffix);
  if (suffixLen <= strLen) {
    return strncmp(str + strLen - suffixLen, suffix, suffixLen) == 0;
  }
  return 0;
}

Answer 2

Let me extend Joseph's solution with the case insensitive version (online demo)

static bool EndsWithCaseInsensitive(const std::string& value, const std::string& ending) {
    if (ending.size() > value.size()) {
        return false;
    }
    return std::equal(ending.rbegin(), ending.rend(), value.rbegin(),
        [](const char a, const char b) {
            return tolower(a) == tolower(b);
        }
    );
}

Answer 3

If you're like me and no so into C++ purism, here's an old skool hybrid. There's some advantage when strings are more than a handful of characters, as most memcmp implementations compare machine words when possible.

You need to be in control of the character set. For example, if this approach is used with utf-8 or wchar type, there's some disadvantage as it won't support character mapping - e.g., when two or more characters are logically identical.

bool starts_with(std::string const & value, std::string const & prefix)
{
    size_t valueSize = value.size();
    size_t prefixSize = prefix.size();

    if (prefixSize > valueSize)
    {
        return false;
    }

    return memcmp(value.data(), prefix.data(), prefixSize) == 0;
}


bool ends_with(std::string const & value, std::string const & suffix)
{
    size_t valueSize = value.size();
    size_t suffixSize = suffix.size();

    if (suffixSize > valueSize)
    {
        return false;
    }

    const char * valuePtr = value.data() + valueSize - suffixSize;

    return memcmp(valuePtr, suffix.data(), suffixSize) == 0;
}