wcsncmp3
Compare two fixed-size wide-character strings
Usage
#include <wchar.h>
int wcsncmp(const wchar_t s1[], const wchar_t s2[], size_t n);
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Overview
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 |
Releases
14 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 13 times.