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.\"    Manual: Basic C Library Functions
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
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.TH "MATCH_STRING" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Basic C Library Functions"
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.SH "NAME"
match_string \- matches given string in an array
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ match_string('u
.BI "int match_string(const\ char\ *const\ *\ " "array" ", size_t\ " "n" ", const\ char\ *\ " "string" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIarray\fR
.RS 4
array of strings
.RE
.PP
\fIn\fR
.RS 4
number of strings in the array or \-1 for NULL terminated arrays
.RE
.PP
\fIstring\fR
.RS 4
string to match with
.RE
.SH "RETURN"
.PP
index of a
\fIstring\fR
in the
\fIarray\fR
if matches, or
\fB\-EINVAL\fR
otherwise\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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