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Name

wcscmp - compare two wide-character strings

Library

Standard C library ( libc ", " -lc )

Synopsis

#include <wchar.h> 
int wcscmp(const wchar_t *" s1 ", const wchar_t * s2 );

Description

The wcscmp() function is the wide-character equivalent of the strcmp(3) function. It compares the wide-character string pointed to by s1 and the wide-character string pointed to by s2.

Return Value

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

Attributes

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). allbox; lbx lb lb T{ wcscmp()
InterfaceAttributeValue
T}Thread safetyMT-Safe

Standards

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

History

POSIX.1-2001, C99.

See Also

  1. strcmp(3),
  2. wcscasecmp(3),
  3. wmemcmp(3)