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1 perry 1 STRCMP
2 !!!STRCMP
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 RETURN VALUE
7 CONFORMING TO
8 SEE ALSO
9 ----
10 !!NAME
11
12
13 strcmp, strncmp - compare two strings
14 !!SYNOPSIS
15
16
17 __#include
18 __''s1''__, const char *__''s2''__);
19 int strncmp(const char *__''s1''__, const char *__''s2''__, size_t__ ''n''__);
20 __
21 !!DESCRIPTION
22
23
24 The __strcmp()__ function compares the two strings
25 ''s1'' and ''s2''. It returns an integer less than,
26 equal to, or greater than zero if ''s1'' is found,
27 respectively, to be less than, to match, or be greater than
28 ''s2''.
29
30
31 The __strncmp()__ function is similar, except it only
32 compares the first ''n'' characters of
33 ''s1''.
34 !!RETURN VALUE
35
36
37 The __strcmp()__ and __strncmp()__ functions return an
38 integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if
39 ''s1'' (or the first ''n'' bytes thereof) is found,
40 respectively, to be less than, to match, or be greater than
41 ''s2''.
42 !!CONFORMING TO
43
44
45 SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899
46 !!SEE ALSO
47
48
49 bcmp(3), memcmp(3), strcasecmp(3),
50 strncasecmp(3), strcoll(3)
51 ----
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