strncmp(), _fstrncmp()

compare two strings, up to a given length

Synopsis:

#include <string.h>
int strncmp( const char *s1,
             const char *s2,
             size_t n );
int _fstrncmp( const char __far *s1,
               const char __far *s2,
               size_t n );

Description:

The strncmp() function compares no more than n characters from the string pointed to by s1 to the string pointed to by s2.

The _fstrncmp() function is a data-model-independent form of the strncmp() function that accepts far pointer arguments. It's most useful in mixed memory model applications.

Returns:

Examples:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

void main()
  {
    printf( "%d\n", strncmp( "abcdef", "abcDEF", 10 ) );
    printf( "%d\n", strncmp( "abcdef", "abcDEF",  6 ) );
    printf( "%d\n", strncmp( "abcdef", "abcDEF",  3 ) );
    printf( "%d\n", strncmp( "abcdef", "abcDEF",  0 ) );
  }

produces the output:

1
1
0
0

Classification:

See also:

strcmp(), stricmp(), strnicmp()