strcmp
STRCMP(3) Linux Programmer's Manual STRCMP(3)
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. The locale
is not taken into account (for a locale-aware comparison, see str-
coll(3)). 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 only the 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
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see at-
tributes(7).
+--------------------+---------------+---------+
|Interface | Attribute | Value |
+--------------------+---------------+---------+
|strcmp(), strncmp() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
+--------------------+---------------+---------+
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
SEE ALSO
bcmp(3), memcmp(3), strcasecmp(3), strcoll(3), string(3), strn-
casecmp(3), strverscmp(3), wcscmp(3), wcsncmp(3)
COLOPHON
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2019-03-06 STRCMP(3)
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