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Kernel Functions for Driversstrcmp(9F)


NAME

 strcmp, strcasecmp, strncasecmp, strncmp - compare two null-terminated strings.

SYNOPSIS

 
#include <sys/ddi.h>
int strcmp(const char *s1, const char *s2);
 int strcasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2);
 int strncasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n);
 int strncmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n);

INTERFACE LEVEL

 

Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI).

PARAMETERS

 
s1, s2
Pointers to character strings.
n
Count of characters to be compared.

DESCRIPTION

 

strcmp

 

strcmp() returns 0 if the strings are the same, or the integer value of the expression (*s1 - *s2) for the last characters compared if they differ.

strcasecmp, strncasecmp

 

The strcasecmp() and strncasecmp() functions are case-insensitive versions of strcmp() and strncmp(), respectively, described in this section. They assume the ASCII character set and ignore differences in case when comparing lowercase and uppercase characters.

strncmp

 

strncmp() returns 0 if the first n characters of s1 and s2 are the same, or (*s1 - *s2) for the last characters compared if they differ.

RETURN VALUES

 

strcmp() returns 0 if the strings are the same, or (*s1 - *s2) for the last characters compared if they differ.

strcasecmp() and strncasecmp() return values in the same fashion as strcmp() and strncmp(), respectively.

strncmp() returns 0 if the first n characters of strings are the same, or (*s1 - *s2) for the last characters compared if they differ.

CONTEXT

 

These functions can be called from user or interrupt context.

SEE ALSO

 

Writing Device Drivers


SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 1 Apr 1994

 
      
      
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