strcmp

Compares two strings.

Library:LibC
Classification:ANSI
Service:Characters and Strings

Syntax

  #include <string.h> 
   
  int strcmp (
     const char   *s1,   
     const char   *s2);

Parameters

s1

(IN) Points to a null-terminated string to compare.

s2

(IN) Points to a null-terminated string to compare.

Return Values

Returns 0 if the two strings match. Otherwise, it returns an integer less than or greater than 0, depending on whether s1 is lexicographically less than or greater than s2.

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