.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
.\" Chris Torek.
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.\"	@(#)strcmp.3	5.1 (Berkeley) 05/15/90
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.TH STRCMP 3 ""
.UC 4
.SH NAME
strcmp \- compare strings
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.ft B
#include <string.h>

int
strcmp(const char *s1, const char *s2);
.ft R
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Strcmp
compares null-terminated strings
.I s1
and
.I s2
and returns an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0,
according as
.I s1
is lexicographically greater than, equal to, or less than
.IR s2 .
The comparison is done using unsigned characters, so that '\e200'
is greater than '\e0'.
.SH SEE ALSO
bcmp(3), memcmp(3), strcasecmp(3), strcoll(3), strncasecmp(3),
strncmp(3), strxfrm(3)
.SH STANDARDS
.B Strcmp
conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').