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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
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        !            23: .TH STRCMP 3 "June 24, 1990"
        !            24: .UC 4
        !            25: .SH NAME
        !            26: strcmp \- compare strings
        !            27: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            28: .nf
        !            29: .ft B
        !            30: #include <string.h>
        !            31: 
        !            32: int
        !            33: strcmp(const char *s1, const char *s2);
        !            34: 
        !            35: int
        !            36: strncmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t len);
        !            37: .ft R
        !            38: .fi
        !            39: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            40: .B Strcmp
        !            41: and
        !            42: .B strncmp
        !            43: compare null-terminated strings
        !            44: .I s1
        !            45: and
        !            46: .I s2
        !            47: and return an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0,
        !            48: according as
        !            49: .I s1
        !            50: is lexicographically greater than, equal to, or less than
        !            51: .IR s2 .
        !            52: The comparison is done using unsigned characters, so that '\e200'
        !            53: is greater than '\e0'.
        !            54: .PP
        !            55: .I Strncmp
        !            56: compares at most
        !            57: .I len
        !            58: characters.
        !            59: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            60: bcmp(3), memcmp(3), strcasecmp(3), strcoll(3), strxfrm(3)
        !            61: .SH STANDARDS
        !            62: .B Strcmp
        !            63: and
        !            64: .B strncmp
        !            65: conform to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').

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