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C COMPILER LIBRARY FUNCTIONS->Detailed Descriptions->memcmp()

Summary

#include <string.h>

    

char *memcmp(void *buf1,void* buf2, size_t count);

Compare characters in two buffers

Parameters

    

buf1	Pointer to first buffer
buf2	Pointer to second buffer
count	Number of characters to compare

Description

This function compares the first count bytes of buf1 and buf2


Return Value

The function returns a value indicating the relationship between buf1 and buf2 as follows:

Value	Meaning
< 0	buf1less than buf2
= 0	buf1 identical to buf2
> 0	buf1greater than buf2