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STRCASECMP(3)                 Linux Programmer's Manual                 STRCASECMP(3)

NAME         top

       strcasecmp, strncasecmp - compare two strings ignoring case

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <strings.h>

       int strcasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2);

       int strncasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The strcasecmp() function compares the two strings s1 and s2, ignoring the
       case of the characters.  It returns an integer less than, equal to, or greater
       than zero if s1 is found, respectively, to be less than, to match, or be
       greater than s2.

       The strncasecmp() function is similar, except it only compares the first n
       characters of s1.

RETURN VALUE         top

       The strcasecmp() and strncasecmp() functions return an integer less than,
       equal to, or greater than zero if s1 (or the first n bytes thereof) is found,
       respectively, to be less than, to match, or be greater than s2.

CONFORMING TO         top

       4.4BSD, POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO         top

       bcmp(3), memcmp(3), strcmp(3), strcoll(3), string(3), strncmp(3),
       wcscasecmp(3), wcsncasecmp(3)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of release 3.32 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
       description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found
       at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

                                      2010-09-20                        STRCASECMP(3)

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