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35.Dd $Mdocdate: January 18 2019 $
36.Dt WCSCOLL 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm wcscoll ,
40.Nm wcscoll_l
41.Nd compare wide strings according to the current collation
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.In wchar.h
44.Ft int
45.Fn wcscoll "const wchar_t *s1" "const wchar_t *s2"
46.Ft int
47.Fn wcscoll_l "const wchar_t *s1" "const wchar_t *s2" "locale_t locale"
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Fn wcscoll
51and
52.Fn wcscoll_l
53functions lexicographically compare the NUL-terminated wide strings
54.Fa s1
55and
56.Fa s2
57according to the current locale collation
58and return an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0,
59according to whether
60.Fa s1
61is greater than, equal to, or less than
62.Fa s2 .
63.Pp
64On
65.Ox ,
66they have the same effect as
67.Xr wcscmp 3 ,
68and the global locale, the thread-specific locale, and the
69.Fa locale
70argument are ignored.
71On other operating systems, the results may depend on the
72.Dv LC_CTYPE
73and
74.Dv LC_COLLATE
75locale categories set with
76.Xr setlocale 3 ,
77.Xr uselocale 3 ,
78or
79.Xr newlocale 3 .
80.Sh SEE ALSO
81.Xr newlocale 3 ,
82.Xr setlocale 3 ,
83.Xr wcscmp 3 ,
84.Xr wcsxfrm 3
85.Sh STANDARDS
86The
87.Fn wcscoll
88function conforms to
89.St -isoC-99 ,
90and
91.Fn wcscoll_l
92to
93.St -p1003.1-2008 .
94.Sh HISTORY
95The
96.Fn wcscoll
97function has been available since
98.Ox 4.8 ,
99and
100.Fn wcscoll_l
101since
102.Ox 6.2 .
103