WMEMCMP(3) | Library Functions Manual | WMEMCMP(3)

# NAME

`wmemcmp` — compare wide strings

# SYNOPSIS

`#include <wchar.h>`

int
`wmemcmp`(const wchar_t *s1, const wchar_t *s2, size_t len);

# DESCRIPTION

The `wmemcmp`() function compares the wide string s1 against the wide string s2. Both wide strings are assumed to be len wide characters long.

# RETURN VALUES

The `wmemcmp`() function returns zero if the two wide strings are identical, otherwise the difference between the first two differing wide characters is returned. Zero-length wide strings are always identical.

# SEE ALSO

memcmp(3), wcscasecmp(3), wcscmp(3)

# STANDARDS

The `wmemcmp`() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (“ISO C99”) and was first introduced in ISO/IEC 9899/AMD1:1995 (“ISO C90, Amendment 1”).

# HISTORY

The `wmemcmp`() function was ported from NetBSD and first appeared in OpenBSD 3.8.

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