.\" Man page generated from reStructuredText. . .TH "BSON_COMPARE" "3" "Feb 23, 2019" "1.14.0" "Libbson" .SH NAME bson_compare \- bson_compare() . .nr rst2man-indent-level 0 . .de1 rstReportMargin \\$1 \\n[an-margin] level \\n[rst2man-indent-level] level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] - \\n[rst2man-indent0] \\n[rst2man-indent1] \\n[rst2man-indent2] .. .de1 INDENT .\" .rstReportMargin pre: . RS \\$1 . nr rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level] \\n[an-margin] . nr rst2man-indent-level +1 .\" .rstReportMargin post: .. .de UNINDENT . RE .\" indent \\n[an-margin] .\" old: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .nr rst2man-indent-level -1 .\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .in \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]u .. .SH SYNOPSIS .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .nf .ft C int bson_compare (const bson_t *bson, const bson_t *other); .ft P .fi .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .SH PARAMETERS .INDENT 0.0 .IP \(bu 2 \fBbson\fP: A \fBbson_t\fP\&. .IP \(bu 2 \fBother\fP: A \fBbson_t\fP\&. .UNINDENT .SH DESCRIPTION .sp The \fBbson_compare()\fP function shall compare two bson documents for equality. .sp This can be useful in conjunction with _qsort()_. .sp If equal, 0 is returned. .sp \fBTIP:\fP .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 This function uses _memcmp()_ internally, so the semantics are the same. .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .SH RETURNS .sp less than zero, zero, or greater than zero in \fBqsort()\fP style. .SH AUTHOR MongoDB, Inc .SH COPYRIGHT 2017-present, MongoDB, Inc .\" Generated by docutils manpage writer. .