<TITLE>memcmp</TITLE> <body bgcolor="#ffffcc"> <hr> <pre> <h3>MEMCMP(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MEMCMP(3) </h3> <h3>NAME </h3> memcmp - compare memory areas <h3>SYNOPSIS </h3> #include <string.h> int memcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t n); <h3>DESCRIPTION </h3> The memcmp() function compares the first n bytes of the memory areas s1 and s2. It returns an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if s1 is found, respec- tively, to be less than, to match, or be greater than s2. <h3>RETURN VALUE </h3> The memcmp() function returns an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if the first n bytes of s1 is found, respectively, to be less than, to match, or be greater than the first n bytes of s2. <h3>CONFORMING TO </h3> SVID 3, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899 </pre> <hr> <h3>SEE ALSO </h3><p> <a href=bcmp.htm>bcmp</a>, <a href=strcasecmp.htm>strcasecmp</a>, <a href=strcmp.htm>strcmp</a>, <a href=strcoll.htm>strcoll</a>, <a href=strncmp.htm>strncmp</a>, <a href=strncasecmp.htm>strncasecmp</a>, <pre> April 10, 1993 1 </pre> <P> <hr> <p> <center> <table border=2 width=80%> <tr align=center> <td width=25%> <a href=../index.htm>Top</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../master_index.html>Master Index</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../SYNTAX/keywords.html>Keywords</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../FUNCTIONS/index.htm>Functions</a> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <p> <hr> This manual page was brought to you by <i>mjl_man V-2.0</i>
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