strcasecmp
---case insensitive character string compareSynopsis
#include <string.h> int strcasecmp(const char *a, const char *b);
Description
strcasecmp
compares the string at a to
the string at b in a case-insensitive manner.
Returns
If *a
sorts lexicographically after *b
(after
both are converted to upper case), strcasecmp
returns a
number greater than zero. If the two strings match,
strcasecmp
returns zero. If *a
sorts
lexicographically before *b
, strcasecmp
returns a
number less than zero.
Portability
strcasecmp
is in the Berkeley Software Distribution.
strcasecmp
requires no supporting OS subroutines. It uses
tolower() from elsewhere in this library.
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