.TH byte_diff 3 .SH NAME byte_diff \- compare two strings .SH SYNTAX .B #include int \fBbyte_diff\fP(const char *\fIone\fR,size_t \fIlen\fR,const char *\fItwo\fR); .SH DESCRIPTION \fIbyte_diff\fR returns negative, 0, or positive, depending on whether the string \fIone\fR[0], \fIone\fR[1], ..., \fIone\fR[\fIlen\fR-1] is lexicographically smaller than, equal to, or greater than the string \fIone\fR[0], \fIone\fR[1], ..., \fIone\fR[\fIlen\fR-1]. When the strings are different, byte_diff does not read bytes past the first difference. .SH "SEE ALSO" byte_equal(3)