WCSCMP(3) Library Functions Manual WCSCMP(3)

wcscmpcompare two wide-character strings

#include <wchar.h>

int wcscmp(const wchar_t *ws1, const wchar_t *ws2);

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.

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.

No errors are defined.

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wcsncmp(3), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”), <wchar.h>

First released in Issue 4. Derived from the MSE working draft.

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