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14.\" ISO/IEC 9899:1999
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460495ca 16.TH WCSCMP 3 2015-08-08 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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17.SH NAME
18wcscmp \- compare two wide-character strings
19.SH SYNOPSIS
20.nf
21.B #include <wchar.h>
68e4db0a 22.PP
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23.BI "int wcscmp(const wchar_t *" s1 ", const wchar_t *" s2 );
24.fi
25.SH DESCRIPTION
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26The
27.BR wcscmp ()
28function is the wide-character equivalent
29of the
30.BR strcmp (3)
31function.
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32It compares the wide-character string pointed to by
33.I s1
34and the
35wide-character string pointed to by
36.IR s2 .
47297adb 37.SH RETURN VALUE
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38The
39.BR wcscmp ()
40function returns zero if the wide-character strings at
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41.I s1
42and
43.I s2
44are equal.
c13182ef 45It returns an integer greater than zero if
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46at the first differing position
47.IR i ,
48the corresponding wide-character
49.I s1[i]
50is greater than
51.IR s2[i] .
c13182ef 52It returns an integer less than zero if
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53at the first differing position
54.IR i ,
55the corresponding wide-character
56.I s1[i]
57is less than
58.IR s2[i] .
0c54d3bb 59.SH ATTRIBUTES
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60For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
61.BR attributes (7).
62.TS
63allbox;
64lb lb lb
65l l l.
66Interface Attribute Value
67T{
0c54d3bb 68.BR wcscmp ()
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69T} Thread safety MT-Safe
70.TE
47297adb 71.SH CONFORMING TO
eea7ea7a 72POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.
47297adb 73.SH SEE ALSO
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74.BR strcmp (3),
75.BR wcscasecmp (3),
76.BR wmemcmp (3)