strncmp.c File Reference

Defines the strncmp function. More...

#include <string.h>

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int	strncmp (const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n)
	Compares the strings pointed to be s1 and s2. More...

Detailed Description

Defines the strncmp function.

Definition in file strncmp.c.

Function Documentation

strncmp()

int strncmp	(	const char *	s1,
		const char *	s2,
		size_t	n
	)

Compares the strings pointed to be s1 and s2.

Parameters

*s1	The first string to be compared
*s2	The second string to be compared
n	Maximum number of characters to be compared

The strncmp function compares note more than n characters (characters that follow a null character are not compared) from the array pointed to by s1 to the array pointed to by s2.

Returns

Integer indicating if s1 is greater than, equal to, or less than s2

Return values

>0	s1 is greater than s2 or no comparison could be made
0	s1 is equal to s2
<0	s1 is less than s2

Definition at line 56 of file strncmp.c.

References memcmp(), and strlen().

Referenced by strstr().

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