strcmp
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| Defined in header <string.h>
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| int strcmp( const char *lhs, const char *rhs ); |
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Compares two null-terminated byte strings. The comparison is done lexicographically.
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[edit] Parameters
| lhs, rhs | - | pointers to the null-terminated byte strings to compare |
[edit] Return value
Negative value if lhs is less than rhs.
0 if lhs is equal to rhs.
Positive value if lhs is greater than rhs.
[edit] Example
Run this code
#include <string.h> #include <stdio.h> int main(void) { const char* string = "Hello World!"; //Matches int a = strcmp(string, "Hello World!"); if (a == 0) { printf("Strings are matching.\n"); } //Greater than int b = strcmp(string, "Hello"); if (b >= 1) { printf("Left hand side is bigger than right hand side.\n"); } //less than int c = strcmp(string, "Hello there world!"); if (c <= -1) { printf("Left hand side is smaller than right hand side.\n"); } }
Output:
Strings are matching. Left hand side is bigger than right hand side. Left hand side is smaller than right hand side.
[edit] See also
| compares a certain amount of characters of two strings (function) | |
| compares two buffers (function) | |
| compares two strings in accordance to the current locale (function) | |
| C++ documentation for strcmp
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