diff --git a/base_string.cpp b/base_string.cpp
index 2acf37d..4347931 100644
--- a/base_string.cpp
+++ b/base_string.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,21 @@ is_alphanumeric(U8 a) {
     return result;
 }
 
+CORE_Static S64
+string_len(char *string) {
+    S64 len = 0;
+    while (*string++ != 0) len++;
+    return len;
+}
+
+CORE_Static String
+string_from_cstring(char *string) {
+    String result;
+    result.str = (U8 *)string;
+    result.len = string_len(string);
+    return result;
+}
+
 CORE_Static B32
 string_compare(String a, String b, B32 ignore_case = false) {
     if (a.len != b.len)
@@ -70,6 +85,11 @@ string_compare(String a, String b, B32 ignore_case = false) {
     return true;
 }
 
+CORE_Static B32
+cstring_compare(char *a, char *b, B32 ignore_case = false) {
+    return string_compare(string_from_cstring(a), string_from_cstring(b), ignore_case);
+}
+
 CORE_Static B32
 operator==(String a, String b) {
     return string_compare(a, b);
@@ -434,21 +454,6 @@ string_skip_to_last_period(String s) {
     return result;
 }
 
-CORE_Static S64
-string_len(char *string) {
-    S64 len = 0;
-    while (*string++ != 0) len++;
-    return len;
-}
-
-CORE_Static String
-string_from_cstring(char *string) {
-    String result;
-    result.str = (U8 *)string;
-    result.len = string_len(string);
-    return result;
-}
-
 struct String_Replace {
     String find;
     String replace;