| Standards / Extensions | C or C++ | Dependencies |
|---|---|---|
ISO C |
both |
#include <string.h>
int strcmp(const char *string1, const char *string2);The strcmp() built-in function compares the string pointed to by string1 to the string pointed to by string2 The string arguments to the function must contain a NULL character (\0) marking the end of the string.
The relation between the strings is determined by subtracting: string1[i] - string2[i], as i increases from 0 to strlen of the smaller string. The sign of a nonzero return value is determined by the sign of the difference between the values of the first pair of bytes (both interpreted as type unsigned char) that differ in the strings being compared. This function is not locale-sensitive.
⁄* CELEBS36
This example compares the two strings passed to main using
&strcmp..
*⁄
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(int argc, char ** argv)
{
int result;
if ( argc != 3 )
{
printf( "Usage: %s string1 string2\n", argv[0] );
}
else
{
result = strcmp( argv[1], argv[2] );
if ( result == 0 )
printf( "\"%s\" is identical to \"%s\"\n", argv[1], argv[2] );
else if ( result < 0 )
printf( "\"%s\" is less than \"%s\"\n", argv[1], argv[2] );
else
printf( "\"%s\" is greater than \"%s\"\n", argv[1], argv[2] );
}
} Output
"is this first?" is greater than "is this before that one?"