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6.28 `strncasecmp'--case-insensitive character string compare
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>
int strncasecmp(const char *A, const char * B, size_t LENGTH);
DESCRIPTION
`strncasecmp' compares up to LENGTH characters from the string at A to
the string at B in a case-insensitive manner.
RETURNS
If `*A' sorts lexicographically after `*B' (after both are converted to
lowercase), `strncasecmp' returns a number greater than zero. If the
two strings are equivalent, `strncasecmp' returns zero. If `*A' sorts
lexicographically before `*B', `strncasecmp' returns a number less than
zero.
PORTABILITY
`strncasecmp' is in the Berkeley Software Distribution.
`strncasecmp' requires no supporting OS subroutines. It uses
tolower() from elsewhere in this library.
SEE ALSOstrncasecmp is part of the library. The full documentation for is
maintained as a Texinfo manual. If info and are properly installed at
your site, the command
info
will give you access to the complete manual.
NEWLIB April 2010 STRNCASECMP(3)
