strcasecmp
[case insensitive character
string compare]
SYNOPSIS
#include<string.h>
int strcasecmp(const char *a,
const char *b);
DESCRIPTION
strcasecmp
compares the string at a
to the string at b
in a case-insensitive manner.
RETURNS
If *a sorts lexicographically
after *b
(after both are converted to uppercase), strcasecmp
returns a number greater than zero. If the two strings match, strcasecmp
returns 0.
If *a
sorts lexicographically before *b,
strcasecmp
returns a number less than zero.
COMPLIANCE
strcasecmp
is in the Berkeley Software Distribution.
strcasecmp
requires no supporting OS subroutines. It uses tolower()
from elsewhere in this library.