101 lines
2.9 KiB
Groff
101 lines
2.9 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" Chris Torek and the American National Standards Committee X3,
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.\" on Information Processing Systems.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)strcmp.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd October 11, 2001
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.Dt STRCMP 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm strcmp ,
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.Nm strncmp
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.Nd compare strings
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In string.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn strcmp "const char *s1" "const char *s2"
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.Ft int
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.Fn strncmp "const char *s1" "const char *s2" "size_t len"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn strcmp
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and
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.Fn strncmp
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functions
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lexicographically compare the null-terminated strings
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.Fa s1
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and
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.Fa s2 .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn strncmp
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function
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compares not more than
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.Fa len
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characters.
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Because
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.Fn strncmp
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is designed for comparing strings rather than binary data,
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characters that appear after a
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.Ql \e0
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character are not compared.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn strcmp
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and
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.Fn strncmp
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return an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0, according
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as the string
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.Fa s1
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is greater than, equal to, or less than the string
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.Fa s2 .
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The comparison is done using unsigned characters, so that
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.Ql \e200
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is greater than
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.Ql \e0 .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr bcmp 3 ,
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.Xr memcmp 3 ,
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.Xr strcasecmp 3 ,
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.Xr strcoll 3 ,
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.Xr strxfrm 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn strcmp
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and
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.Fn strncmp
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functions
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conform to
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.St -isoC .
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