strcoll()

compare two strings, using the locale's collating sequence

Synopsis:

#include <string.h>

int strcoll( const char *s1, const char *s2 );

Description:

The strcoll() function compares the string pointed to by s1 to the string pointed to by s2. The comparison uses the collating sequence selected by the setlocale() function. The function is equivalent to the strcmp() function when the collating sequence is selected from the "C" locale.

Returns:

Examples:

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

char buffer[80] = "world";

void main()
  {
    if( strcoll( buffer, "Hello" ) < 0 ) {
      printf( "Less than\n" );
    }
  }

Classification:

ANSI

See also:

setlocale(), strcmp(), strncmp()