wcscmp - compare two wide-character strings
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Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ wcscmp() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
Description
The wcscmp() function is the wide-character equivalent of the strcmp(3) function. It compares the wide-
character string pointed to by s1 and the wide-character string pointed to by s2.
History
POSIX.1-2001, C99.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
wcscmp - compare two wide-character strings
Return Value
The wcscmp() function returns zero if the wide-character strings at s1 and s2 are equal. It returns an
integer greater than zero if at the first differing position i, the corresponding wide-character s1[i] is
greater than s2[i]. It returns an integer less than zero if at the first differing position i, the
corresponding wide-character s1[i] is less than s2[i].
See Also
strcmp(3), wcscasecmp(3), wmemcmp(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 wcscmp(3)
Standards
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
Synopsis
#include<wchar.h>intwcscmp(constwchar_t*s1,constwchar_t*s2);