.\" Generated by the Allegro makedoc utility
.TH ustrnicmp 3alleg4 "version 4.4.3" "Allegro" "Allegro manual"
.SH NAME
ustrnicmp \- Compares up to n letters of two strings ignoring case. Allegro game programming library.\&
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <allegro.h>

.sp
.B int ustrnicmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, int n);
.SH DESCRIPTION
This function compares up to `n' characters of `s1' and `s2', ignoring
case. Example:

.nf
   if (ustrnicmp(prefix, long_string, ustrlen(prefix)) == 0) {
      /* long_string starts with prefix (ignoring case) */
   }
.fi
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
Returns zero if the strings are equal, a positive number if `s1' comes
after `s2' in the ASCII collating sequence, else a negative number.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR uconvert (3alleg4),
.BR ustrsize (3alleg4),
.BR ustrsizez (3alleg4),
.BR ustricmp (3alleg4),
.BR ustrcmp (3alleg4),
.BR ustrncmp (3alleg4)