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Name

wmemcmp - compare two arrays of wide-characters

Library

Standard C library ( libc ", " -lc )

Synopsis

#include <wchar.h> 
int wmemcmp(const wchar_t " s1 [. n "], const wchar_t " s2 [. n ], \
size_t " n );

Description

The wmemcmp() function is the wide-character equivalent of the memcmp(3) function. It compares the n wide-characters starting at s1 and the n wide-characters starting at s2.

Return Value

The wmemcmp() function returns zero if the wide-character arrays of size n at s1 and s2 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].

Attributes

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

Standards

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

History

POSIX.1-2001, C99.

See Also

  1. memcmp(3),
  2. wcscmp(3)