STRCMP
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2014-01-20
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NAME
strcmp, strncmp - compare two strings
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>
int strcmp(const char *s1, const char *s2);
int strncmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n);
DESCRIPTION
The
strcmp()
function compares the two strings
s1
and
s2.
It returns an integer less than, equal to, or greater
than zero if
s1
is found, respectively, to be less than,
to match, or be greater than
s2.
The
strncmp()
function is similar, except it compares
the only first (at most)
n
bytes of
s1
and
s2.
RETURN VALUE
The
strcmp()
and
strncmp()
functions return an integer
less than, equal to, or greater than zero if
s1
(or the first
n
bytes thereof) is found, respectively, to be less than, to
match, or be greater than
s2.
ATTRIBUTES
Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
The
strcmp()
and
strncmp()
functions are thread-safe.
CONFORMING TO
SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89, C99.
SEE ALSO
bcmp(3),
memcmp(3),
strcasecmp(3),
strcoll(3),
string(3),
strncasecmp(3),
strverscmp(3),
wcscmp(3),
wcsncmp(3)
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ATTRIBUTES
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- Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
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- CONFORMING TO
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- SEE ALSO
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