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Name

wcscasecmp - compare two wide-character strings, ignoring case

Synopsis


#include <wchar.h>
int wcscasecmp (const wchar_t* s1, const wchar_t* s2);

Description

The wcscasecmp function is the wide-character equivalent of the strcasecmp function. It compares the wide-character string pointed to by s1 and the wide-character string pointed to by s2, ignoring case differences (towupper, towlower).

Return Value

The wcscasecmp function returns zero if the wide-character strings at s1 and s2 are equal except for case distinctions. It returns a positive integer if s1 is greater than s2, ignoring case. It returns a negative integer if s1 is smaller than s2, ignoring case.

Conforming to

This function is a GNU extension.

See Also

strcasecmp(3) , wcscmp(3)

Notes

The behaviour of wcscasecmp depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.


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