ustrncmp(3) - Linux man page

Name

ustrncmp - Compares up to n letters of two strings. Allegro game programming library.

Synopsis

#include <allegro.h>

int ustrncmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, int n);

Description

This function compares up to 'n' characters of 's1' and 's2'. Example:
if (ustrncmp(prefix, long_string, ustrlen(prefix)) == 0) {
   /* long_string starts with prefix */
}

Return Value

Returns zero if the substrings are equal, a positive number if 's1' comes after 's2' in the ASCII collating sequence, else a negative number.

See Also

uconvert(3), ustrsize(3), ustrsizez(3), ustrcmp(3), ustricmp(3), ustrnicmp(3)