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 POSIX.1-2017 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
XBD <wchar.h>
CHANGE HISTORY
First released in Issue 4. Derived from the MSE working draft.