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wcscasecmp(3) Library Functions Manualwcscasecmp(3)wcscasecmp, wcsncasecmp - compare two wide-character strings, ignoring case
Standard C library (libc,-lc)
#include <wchar.h>int wcscasecmp(const wchar_t *s1, const wchar_t *s2);int wcsncasecmp(size_t n;const wchar_ts1[n], const wchar_ts2[n], size_tn); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (seefeature_test_macros(7)):wcscasecmp(),wcsncasecmp(): Since glibc 2.10: _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L Before glibc 2.10: _GNU_SOURCE
Thewcscasecmp() function is the wide-character equivalent of thestrcasecmp(3) function. It compares the wide-character string pointed to bys1 and the wide-character string pointed to bys2, ignoring case differences (towupper(3),towlower(3)). Thewcsncasecmp() function is similar (the wide-character equivalent ofstrncasecmp(3)), except that it compares no more thann wide characters ofs1 ands2.
Thewcscasecmp() andwcsncasecmp() functions return an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero ifs1 is, after ignoring case, found to be less than, to match, or be greater thans2, respectively.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, seeattributes(7). ┌───────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐ │Interface│Attribute│Value│ ├───────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤ │wcscasecmp(),wcsncasecmp() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │ └───────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘
POSIX.1-2008.
glibc 2.1.
The behavior ofwcscasecmp() depends on theLC_CTYPEcategory of the current locale.
strcasecmp(3),wcscmp(3)
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