strcmp

OS/161 Reference Manual

Name

strcmp - compare strings

Library

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

Synopsis

#include <string.h>

int
strcmp(const char *str1, const char *str2);

Description

The two strings str1 and str2 are compared lexicographically.

Return Values

If str1 sorts before str2, -1 is returned.

If str1 sorts after str2, 1 is returned.

If str1 is the same as str2, 0 is returned.

The sort order used is derived from the natural ordering of the numerical values of (unsigned) characters.