WCSCMP
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2015-08-08
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NAME
wcscmp - compare two wide-character strings
SYNOPSIS
#include <wchar.h>
int wcscmp(const wchar_t *s1, const wchar_t *s2);
DESCRIPTION
The
wcscmp()
function is the wide-character equivalent
of the
strcmp(3)
function.
It compares the wide-character string pointed to by
s1
and the
wide-character string pointed to by
s2.
RETURN VALUE
The
wcscmp()
function returns zero if the wide-character strings at
s1
and
s2
are equal.
It returns an integer greater than zero if
at the first differing position
i,
the corresponding wide-character
s1[i]
is greater than
s2[i].
It returns an integer less than zero if
at the first differing position
i,
the corresponding wide-character
s1[i]
is less than
s2[i].
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value
|
|
wcscmp()
| Thread safety | MT-Safe
|
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.
SEE ALSO
strcmp(3),
wcscasecmp(3),
wmemcmp(3)
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