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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.

COLOPHON

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