wcsncasecmp(3) Library Functions Manual wcsncasecmp(3)

wcsncasecmp - compare two fixed-size wide-character strings, ignoring case

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

#include <wchar.h>
int wcsncasecmp(const wchar_t s1[.n], const wchar_t s2[.n], size_t n);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

wcsncasecmp():

    Since glibc 2.10:
        _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L
    Before glibc 2.10:
        _GNU_SOURCE

The wcsncasecmp() function is the wide-character equivalent of the strncasecmp(3) function. It compares the wide-character string pointed to by s1 and the wide-character string pointed to by s2, but at most n wide characters from each string, ignoring case differences (towupper(3), towlower(3)).

The wcsncasecmp() function returns zero if the wide-character strings at s1 and s2, truncated to at most length n, are equal except for case distinctions. It returns a positive integer if truncated s1 is greater than truncated s2, ignoring case. It returns a negative integer if truncated s1 is smaller than truncated s2, ignoring case.

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface Attribute Value
wcsncasecmp () Thread safety MT-Safe locale

POSIX.1-2008.

glibc 2.1.

The behavior of wcsncasecmp() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.

strncasecmp(3), wcsncmp(3)

2024-05-02 Linux man-pages 6.9.1