STRCMP(3) BSD Library Functions Manual STRCMP(3)

NAME
     ssttrrccmmpp, ssttrrnnccmmpp - compare strings

LLIIBBRRAARRYY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
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     int
     ssttrrccmmpp(const char *s1, const char *s2);

     int
     ssttrrnnccmmpp(const char *s1, const char *s2, sizet len);

DESCRIPTION
     The ssttrrccmmpp() and ssttrrnnccmmpp() functions lexicographically compare the null-
     terminated strings s1 and s2.

     The ssttrrnnccmmpp() function compares not more than len characters.  Because
     ssttrrnnccmmpp() is designed for comparing strings rather than binary data,
     characters that appear after a `\0' character are not compared.

RETURN VALUES
     The ssttrrccmmpp() and ssttrrnnccmmpp() return an integer greater than, equal to, or
     less than 0, according as the string s1 is greater than, equal to, or
     less than the string s2.  The comparison is done using unsigned charac-
     ters, so that `\200' is greater than `\0'.

SEE ALSO
     bcmp(3), memcmp(3), strcasecmp(3), strcoll(3), strxfrm(3)

STANDARDS     The ssttrrccmmpp() and ssttrrnnccmmpp() functions conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1990
     (``ISO C90'').

BSD                            October 11, 2001                            BSD