ustrncmp(3)                     Allegro manual                     ustrncmp(3)



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



Allegro                          version 4.2.3                     ustrncmp(3)
