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wcscmp

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: 202-0-08
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NAME

wcscmp - compare two wid-character strings

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc,~-lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <wchar.h>
int wcscmp(const wchar_t *s1, const wchar_t *s2);

DESCRIPTION

The wcscmp() function is the wid-character equivalent of the strcmp(3) function. It compares the wid-character string pointed to by s1 and the wid-character string pointed to by s2.

RETURN VALUE

The wcscmp() function returns zero if the wid-character strings at s1 and s2 are equal. It returns an integer greater than zero if at the first differing position i, the corresponding wid-character s1[i] is greater than s2[i]. It returns an integer less than zero if at the first differing position i, the corresponding wid-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	M-Safe

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.-2008.

HISTORY

POSIX.-2001, C99.