NAME
wcscmp — compare
two wide-character strings
SYNOPSIS
#include
<wchar.h>
int wcscmp(const wchar_t *ws1, const wchar_t *ws2);
DESCRIPTION
[CX] The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”) defers to the ISO C standard.
The wcscmp () function shall compare the
wide-character string pointed to by ws1 to the
wide-character string pointed to by ws2.
The sign of a non-zero return value shall be determined by the sign of the difference between the values of the first pair of wide-character codes that differ in the objects being compared.
RETURN VALUE
Upon completion, wcscmp () shall return an
integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0, if the wide-character string
pointed to by ws1 is greater than, equal to, or less than
the wide-character string pointed to by ws2,
respectively.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
wcsncmp(3), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”), <wchar.h>
CHANGE HISTORY
First released in Issue 4. Derived from the MSE working draft.
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