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wcsncmp(3)              Library Functions Manual              wcsncmp(3)

NAME

       wcsncmp - compare two fixed-size wide-character strings

LIBRARY

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <wchar.h>

       int wcsncmp(const wchar_t s1[.n], const wchar_t s2[.n], size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

       The wcsncmp() function is the wide-character equivalent of the
       strncmp(3) 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 null
       wide character (L'\0'), 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].

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │ Interface                           │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├─────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │ wcsncmp()                           │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └─────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS

       C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

       POSIX.1-2001, C99.

SEE ALSO

       strncmp(3), wcsncasecmp(3)

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Linux man-pages 6.9.1          2024-06-15                     wcsncmp(3)

Pages that refer to this page: strcmp(3), wcsncasecmp(3), signal-safety(7)

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