memeq(3) Library Functions Manual memeq(3) NAME memeq - memory equal LIBRARY gnulib - The GNU Portability Library SYNOPSIS #include bool memeq(const void *m1, const void *m2, size_t n); DESCRIPTION memeq() determines whether the first n bytes of the memory areas pointed to by m1 and m2 are equal. RETURN VALUE memeq() returns true if and only if the first n bytes of the memory areas pointed to by m1 and m2 are equal. ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+ |Interface | Attribute | Value | +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+ |memeq () | Thread safety | MT-Safe | +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+ STANDARDS GNU. HISTORY gnulib 202601. SEE ALSO streq(3), memcmp(3), string(3) Linux man-pages 6.18 2025-09-20 memeq(3)