STRCMP(3) AerieBSD 1.0 Refernce Manual STRCMP(3)

NAME

strcmp — strncmp compare strings

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

int strcmp(const char *s1, const char *s2);

int strncmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t len);

DESCRIPTION

The strcmp(); and strncmp(); functions lexicographically compare the NUL-terminated strings s1 and s2.

RETURN VALUES

The strcmp(); and strncmp(); return an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0, according to whether the string s1 is greater than, equal to, or less than the string s2. The comparison is done using unsigned characters, so that "\e200" is greater than "\e0".

strncmp(); compares at most len characters.

SEE ALSO

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

STANDARDS

The strcmp(); and strncmp(); functions conform to

AerieBSD 1.0 Reference Manual August 26 2008 STRCMP(3)