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WCSNCMP (3)

compare two fixed-size wide-character strings

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

    The wcsncmp function is the wide-character equivalent of the strncmp function. It compares the wide-character string pointed to by s1 and the wide-character string pointed to by s2, but at most n wide characters from each string. In each string, the comparison extends only up to the first occurrence of a L'\\0' character, if any.

RETURN VALUE

    The wcsncmp function returns zero if the wide-character strings at s1 and s2, truncated to at most length n, are equal. It returns an integer greater than zero if at the first differing position i (i < n), 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 (i < n), the corresponding wide-character s1[i] is less than s2[i].

CONFORMING TO

    ISO/ANSI C, UNIX98

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