diff --git a/src/str_match.cpp b/src/str_match.cpp
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+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Codecrypt.
+ *
+ * Codecrypt is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Codecrypt is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Codecrypt. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "str_match.h"
+
+#include <ctype.h> //for tolower()
+
+bool algorithm_name_matches (const std::string& search,
+                             const std::string&name)
+{
+
+	if (search.length() > name.length() ) return false;
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < search.length(); ++i)
+		if (tolower (search[i]) != tolower (name[i]) ) return false;
+	return true;
+}
diff --git a/src/str_match.h b/src/str_match.h
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+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Codecrypt.
+ *
+ * Codecrypt is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Codecrypt is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Codecrypt. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _ccr_str_match_h_
+#define _ccr_str_match_h_
+
+#include <string>
+
+bool algorithm_name_matches (const std::string& search,
+                             const std::string&name);
+
+#endif