memcmp() - string.h
The C library function int memcmp(const void *str1, const void *str2, size_t n)) compares the first n bytes of memory area str1 and memory area str2.
Syntax
int memcmp(const void *str1, const void *str2, size_t n)
Example
#include
#include
int main ()
{
char str1[15];
char str2[15];
int ret;
memcpy(str1, "abcdef", 6);
memcpy(str2, "ABCDEF", 6);
ret = memcmp(str1, str2, 5);
if(ret > 0)
{
printf("str2 is less than str1");
}
else if(ret < 0)
{
printf("str1 is less than str2");
}
else
{
printf("str1 is equal to str2");
}
return(0);
}
Output / Return Value
str2 is less than str1
Limitations
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