Added function str_to_boolean.

diff --git a/src/generic.c b/src/generic.c
index 51947e9a6346261c149cfac9dd5b79e1a96bd347..dfe8b0771a31cd57228831a5632821bca91af6ec 100644 (file)
--- a/src/generic.c
+++ b/src/generic.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <math.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #include "generic.h"
 
@@ -242,3 +243,46 @@ GValue
 
        return gval;
 }
+
+/**
+ * zak_utils_str_to_boolean:
+ * @value:
+ *
+ * Utility function to convert a string to its #gboolean equivalent.
+ *
+ * Returns: the #gboolean equivalent from @value.
+ */
+gboolean
+zak_utils_str_to_boolean (const gchar *str)
+{
+       gchar *str_value;
+       gboolean bool_value;
+
+       if (str == NULL)
+               {
+                       return FALSE;
+               }
+
+       str_value = g_strstrip (g_strdup (str));
+
+       if (strcmp (str_value, "0") == 0
+                       || strcasecmp (str_value, "f") == 0
+                       || strcasecmp (str_value, "false") == 0
+                       || strcasecmp (str_value, "n") == 0
+                       || strcasecmp (str_value, "no") == 0)
+               {
+                       bool_value = FALSE;
+               }
+       else if (strcmp (str_value, "1") == 0
+                       || strcasecmp (str_value, "t") == 0
+                       || strcasecmp (str_value, "true") == 0
+                       || strcasecmp (str_value, "y") == 0
+                       || strcasecmp (str_value, "yes") == 0)
+               {
+                       bool_value = TRUE;
+               }
+
+       g_free (str_value);
+
+       return bool_value;
+}

diff --git a/src/generic.h b/src/generic.h
index 4163aabab3686b26f6b961c0e30a21aa47bb0518..7f3f03883affde2dd73265fef211142a6fe40a57 100644 (file)
--- a/src/generic.h
+++ b/src/generic.h
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ GValue *zak_utils_gvalue_new_string (const gchar *str);
 GValue *zak_utils_gvalue_new_boolean (gboolean b);
 GValue *zak_utils_gvalue_new_float (gfloat f);
 
+gboolean zak_utils_str_to_boolean (const gchar *str);
+
 
 G_END_DECLS