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26.Dd July 21, 2005
27.Dt RPMATCH 3
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm rpmatch
31.Nd "determine whether the response to a question is affirmative or negative"
32.Sh LIBRARY
33.Lb libc
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In stdlib.h
36.Ft int
37.Fn rpmatch "const char *response"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Fn rpmatch
41function determines whether the
42.Fa response
43argument is an affirmative or negative response to a question
44according to the current locale.
45.Sh RETURN VALUES
46The
47.Fn rpmatch
48functions returns:
49.Bl -tag -width indent
50.It 1
51The response is affirmative.
52.It 0
53The response is negative.
54.It \&-1
55The response is not recognized.
56.El
57.Sh SEE ALSO
58.Xr nl_langinfo 3 ,
59.Xr setlocale 3
60.Sh HISTORY
61The
62.Fn rpmatch
63function appeared in
64.Fx 6.0 .
65