Moved the normalize() function in strungUtils where it belongs.

(Preparation for bringing a smaller item loading refactoring patch.)

Trivial.

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/utils/stringutils.cpp b/src/utils/stringutils.cpp
index e69b03937..f2cbea050 100644
--- a/src/utils/stringutils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/stringutils.cpp
@@ -357,4 +357,10 @@ void replaceSpecialChars(std::string &text)
 
         pos1 = text.find("&", pos1);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+std::string normalize(const std::string &name)
+{
+    std::string normalized = name;
+    return toLower(trim(normalized));;
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/stringutils.h b/src/utils/stringutils.h
index 4532a5b00..15d41380f 100644
--- a/src/utils/stringutils.h
+++ b/src/utils/stringutils.h
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ std::string &removeBadChars(std::string &str);
  */
 std::string removeColors(std::string msg);
 
-bool isWordSeparator(char chr);
-
 const std::string findSameSubstring(const std::string &str1,
                                     const std::string &str2);
 
@@ -125,6 +123,11 @@ const std::string findSameSubstring(const std::string &str1,
  */
 int compareStrI(const std::string &a, const std::string &b);
 
+/**
+ * Tells wether the character is a word separator.
+ */
+bool isWordSeparator(char chr);
+
 unsigned long findI(std::string str, std::string subStr);
 
 unsigned long findI(std::string str, std::list<std::string> &list);
@@ -156,4 +159,9 @@ bool getBoolFromString(const std::string &text);
 
 void replaceSpecialChars(std::string &text);
 
+/**
+ * Normalize a string, which means lowercase and trim it.
+ */
+std::string normalize(const std::string &name);
+
 #endif // UTILS_STRINGUTILS_H