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strcmp

From cppreference.com
< c | string | byte
Defined in header <string.h>
int strcmp( const char *lhs, const char *rhs );

Compares two null-terminated byte strings. The comparison is done lexicographically.

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[edit] Parameters

lhs, rhs - pointers to the null-terminated byte strings to compare

[edit] Return value

Negative value if lhs is less than rhs.

0 if lhs is equal to rhs.

Positive value if lhs is greater than rhs.

[edit] Example

[edit] See also

compares a certain amount of characters of two strings
(function) [edit]
compares two buffers
(function) [edit]
compares two strings in accordance to the current locale
(function) [edit]