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Compare characters of two strings.

int strncmp( const char *string1, const char *string2, size_tcount);int wcsncmp( const wchar_t *string1, const wchar_t *string2, size_tcount);

Parameters

  • string1, string2
    Strings to compare.
  • count
    Number of characters to compare.

Return Values

The return value indicates the relation of the substrings of string1 and string2 as follows.

Return Value Description
< 0 string1 substring less than string2 substring
0 string1 substring identical to string2 substring
> 0 string1 substring greater than string2 substring

Remarks

These functions are supported by all versions of the C run-time libraries.

The strncmp function lexicographically compares, at most, the first count characters in string1 and string2 and returns a value indicating the relationship between the substrings. strncmp is case-sensitive. Unlike strcoll, strncmp is not affected by locale.

wcsncmp is the wide-character version of strncmp. The arguments and return value of wcsncmp are wide-character strings. These two functions behave identically otherwise. wcsncmp is the case-sensitive version of _wcsnicmp.

The following table shows generic-text routine mappings for this function.

TCHAR.H Routine _UNICODE Defined
_tcsnccmp wcsncmp
_tcsncmp wcsncmp

For more information about TCHAR.H routines, see Generic Text Mappings.

Example

Description

The following example compares two strings.

Code

/* STRNCMP.C 
*/
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>

char string1[] = "The quick brown dog jumps over the lazy fox";
char string2[] = "The QUICK brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";

void main( void )
{
   char tmp[20];
   int result;
   printf( "Compare strings:\n\t\t%s\n\t\t%s\n\n", string1, string2 );
   printf( "Function:\tstrncmp (first 10 characters only)\n" );
   result = strncmp( string1, string2 , 10 );
   if( result > 0 )
      strcpy( tmp, "greater than" );
   else if( result < 0 )
      strcpy( tmp, "less than" );
   else
      strcpy( tmp, "equal to" );
   printf( "Result:\t\tString 1 is %s string 2\n\n", tmp );
   printf( "Function:\tstrnicmp _strnicmp (first 10 characters only)\n" );
   result = _strnicmp( string1, string2, 10 );
   if( result > 0 )
      strcpy( tmp, "greater than" );
   else if( result < 0 )
      strcpy( tmp, "less than" );
   else
      strcpy( tmp, "equal to" );
   printf( "Result:\t\tString 1 is %s string 2\n\n", tmp );
}
// Output
Compare strings:
      The quick brown dog jumps over the lazy fox
      The QUICK brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Function:   strncmp (first 10 characters only)
Result:      String 1 is greater than string 2

Function:   _strnicmp (first 10 characters only)
Result:      String 1 is equal to string 2

Requirements

OS Versions: Windows CE 2.0 and later.

Header: stdio.h, string.h.

Link Library: coredll.dll.

See Also

strcmp

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