wcsncmp(3)                 Library Functions Manual                 wcsncmp(3)

NAME
       wcsncmp - compare two fixed-size wide-character strings

LIBRARY
       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <wchar.h>

       int wcsncmp(const wchar_t s1[.n], const wchar_t s2[.n], size_t n);

DESCRIPTION
       The wcsncmp() function is the wide-character equivalent of the
       strncmp(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.  In each string, the comparison
       extends only up to the first occurrence of a null wide character
       (L'\0'), if any.

RETURN VALUE
       The wcsncmp() function returns zero if the wide-character strings at s1
       and s2, truncated to at most length n, are equal.  It returns an
       integer greater than zero if at the first differing position i (i < n),
       the corresponding wide-character s1[i] is greater than s2[i].  It
       returns an integer less than zero if at the first differing position i
       (i < n), the corresponding wide-character s1[i] is less than s2[i].

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

       +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |Interface                                   | Attribute     | Value   |
       +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |wcsncmp ()                                  | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+
STANDARDS
       C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY
       POSIX.1-2001, C99.

SEE ALSO
       strncmp(3), wcsncasecmp(3)

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