Manpage of STRCMP
STRCMP
Section: NEWLIB (3)
Updated: 2005 Feb 23
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NAME
5.16 `strcmp'--character string compare
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>
int strcmp(const char *A, const char *B);
DESCRIPTION
`strcmp' compares the string at A to the string at B.
RETURNS
If `*A' sorts lexicographically after `*B', `strcmp' returns a number
greater than zero. If the two strings match, `strcmp' returns zero.
If `*A' sorts lexicographically before `*B', `strcmp' returns a number
less than zero.
PORTABILITY
`strcmp' is ANSI C.
`strcmp' requires no supporting OS subroutines.
SEE ALSO
strcmp
is part of the
libc
library.
The full documentation for
libc
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
info
and
libc
are properly installed at your site, the command
-
info libc
will give you access to the complete manual.
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