NAME¶

ustrncmp - Compares up to n letters of two strings. Allegro game programming library.

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <allegro.h> int ustrncmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, int n);

DESCRIPTION¶

This function compares up to `n' characters of `s1' and `s2'. Example:

   if (ustrncmp(prefix, long_string, ustrlen(prefix)) == 0) {
      /* long_string starts with prefix */
   }

RETURN VALUE¶

Returns zero if the substrings are equal, a positive number if `s1' comes after `s2' in the ASCII collating sequence, else a negative number.

SEE ALSO¶

uconvert(3alleg4), ustrsize(3alleg4), ustrsizez(3alleg4), ustrcmp(3alleg4), ustricmp(3alleg4), ustrnicmp(3alleg4)