wcscmp(3) — Linux manual page

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wcscmp(3)               Library Functions Manual               wcscmp(3)

NAME         top

       wcscmp - compare two wide-character strings

LIBRARY         top

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <wchar.h>

       int wcscmp(const wchar_t *s1, const wchar_t *s2);

DESCRIPTION         top

       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         top

       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         top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │ Interface                           Attribute     Value   │
       ├─────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │ wcscmp()                            │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └─────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS         top

       C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY         top

       POSIX.1-2001, C99.

SEE ALSO         top

       strcmp(3), wcscasecmp(3), wmemcmp(3)

COLOPHON         top

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Linux man-pages 6.9.1          2024-05-02                      wcscmp(3)

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