wcsncmp

Defined in header <wchar.h>
int wcsncmp( const wchar_t* lhs, const wchar_t* rhs, size_t count );
(since C95)

Compares at most count wide characters of two null-terminated wide strings. The comparison is done lexicographically.

Parameters

lhs, rhs - pointers to the null-terminated wide strings to compare
count - maximum number of characters to compare

Return value

Negative value if lhs is less than rhs.

​0​ if lhs is equal to rhs.

Positive value if lhs is greater than rhs.

Example

References

  • C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
    • 7.29.4.4.3 The wcsncmp function (p: 434)
  • C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):
    • 7.24.4.4.3 The wcsncmp function (p: 380)

See also

(C95)
compares two wide strings
(function)
(C95)
compares a certain amount of wide characters from two arrays
(function)
(C95)
compares two wide strings in accordance to the current locale
(function)
C++ documentation for wcsncmp
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2016-10-10 18:36:43
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