MEMCMP
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NAME
memcmp
- compare byte string
SYNOPSIS
Fd #include <string.h>
Ft int
Fn memcmp const void *b1 const void *b2 size_t len
DESCRIPTION
The
Fn memcmp
function
compares byte string
Fa b1
against byte string
Fa b2 .
Both strings are assumed to be
Fa len
bytes long.
RETURN VALUES
The
Fn memcmp
function
returns zero if the the two strings are identical,
otherwise returns the difference between the first two differing bytes
(treated as unsigned char values, so that
`\200
'
is greater than
`\0
'
for example).
Zero-length strings are always identical.
SEE ALSO
bcmp(3),
strcasecmp(3),
strcmp(3),
strcoll(3),
strxfrm(3)
STANDARDS
The
Fn memcmp
function
conforms to
St -ansiC .
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUES
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- SEE ALSO
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- STANDARDS
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