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BCMP

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO

NAME

bcmp ? compare byte strings

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

int bcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, int n);

DESCRIPTION

The bcmp() function compares the first n bytes of the strings s1 and s2. If the two strings are equal, bcmp() returns 0, otherwise it returns a non-zero result. If n is zero, the two strings are assumed to be equal.

RETURN VALUE

The bcmp() function returns 0 if the strings are equal, otherwise a non-zero result is returned.

CONFORMING TO

4.3BSD. This function is deprecated -- use memcmp in new programs.

SEE ALSO

memcmp(3), strcasecmp(3), strcmp(3), strcoll(3), strncmp(3), strncasecmp(3)


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