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 NAME

wcscmp - compare two wide-character strings

 SYNOPSIS



#include <wchar.h>

int wcscmp(const wchar_t *ws1, const wchar_t *ws2);

 DESCRIPTION

The wcscmp() function compares the wide-character string pointed to by ws1 to the wide-character string pointed to by ws2.

The sign of a non-zero return value is determined by the sign of the difference between the values of the first pair of wide-character codes that differ in the objects being compared.

 RETURN VALUE

Upon completion, wcscmp() returns an integer greater than, equal to or less than 0, if the wide-character string pointed to by ws1 is greater than, equal to or less than the wide-character string pointed to by ws2 respectively.

 ERRORS

No errors are defined.

 EXAMPLES

None.

 APPLICATION USAGE

None.

 FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

 SEE ALSO

wcsncmp(), <wchar.h>.

DERIVATION

Derived from the MSE working draft.

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