xref: /original-bsd/lib/libc/string/strncmp.c (revision 56abee86)
1 /* @(#)strncmp.c	4.1 (Berkeley) 12/21/80 */
2 /*
3  * Compare strings (at most n bytes):  s1>s2: >0  s1==s2: 0  s1<s2: <0
4  */
5 
6 strncmp(s1, s2, n)
7 register char *s1, *s2;
8 register n;
9 {
10 
11 	while (--n >= 0 && *s1 == *s2++)
12 		if (*s1++ == '\0')
13 			return(0);
14 	return(n<0 ? 0 : *s1 - *--s2);
15 }
16