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STRCMP Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3) Updated: April 11, 2025 Index   NAME strcmp, strncmp - compare two strings   SYNOPSIS #include <string.h> int strcmp(const char *s1, const char *s2); int strncmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n);   DESCRIPTION The strcmp() function compares the two strings s1 and s2. It returns an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if s1 is found, respectively, to be less than, to match, or be greater than s2. The strncmp() function is similar, except it only compares the first n characters of s1.   RETURN VALUE The strcmp() and strncmp() functions return an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if s1 (or the first n bytes thereof) is found, respectively, to be less than, to match, or be greater than s2.   CONFORMING TO SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899   SEE ALSO   Index NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUE CONFORMING TO SEE ALSO This document was created by using the manual pages. Time: 11:58:06 GMT, March 24, 2025

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